Light intensity

[cleaner_shrimp]

So I have a fluval 13.5 with a AI prime 16hd mounted about 11.5 inches above the water line. I have noticed some corals lose color slowly over time and things don’t really grow fast. My AI prime settings are as follow
UV-74
V-74
B-80
Rb-80
G-4
R-4
Cw-12
To be honest I don’t think that is very high considering I’ve seen some people use the channels maxed out. But I’m unsure weather my alveopora is getting to much or to little
it was growing and extending a lot but I used to use a window screen for a lid and about a month ago I switched the screen for a better mesh that wasn’t blocking all the light. But since I switched it hasn’t extended but even when it was under the window screen it was still slowly losing its bright pink and blue. It’s not 100% bleached in this photo, it’s more like a washed out pink and purple, also it’s lost all blue colors in its center. What can I do to help it recover as far as lighting? My params are good and feed coral phyto and AB+ every day.

 

[Spare time]

Can you list the parameters. How much reef energy do you dose a day?

 

[Jekyl]

Can you list the parameters. How much reef energy do you dose a day?

This. Most of the time people post parameters are good, they're really not. Maybe they are, but can't give good help without all of the info

 

[Spare time]

Are you able to rent a par meter? That would help with lighting if it's possible. I wouldn't think the light to be too intense.

 

[reaper93]

PAR Meter is the best way to know if you are giving your corals too much light

 

[cleaner_shrimp]

Are you able to rent a par meter? That would help with lighting if it's possible. I wouldn't think the light to be too intense.

I can try but im not to comfortable renting one because the LFS near me dont have par meters to rent. And its a little weird to rent something from brs

 

[cleaner_shrimp]

Can you list the parameters. How much reef energy do you dose a day?

i dose 1ml of reef energy and my params are
alkalinity 8.0
Calcium 416
Magnesium 1347
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0

Can you list the parameters. How much reef energy do you dose a day?

 

[Jekyl]

i dose 1ml of reef energy and my params are
alkalinity 8.0
Calcium 416
Magnesium 1347
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0

Nitrate 0 and no phosphate test is likely the issue.

 

[cleaner_shrimp]

Nitrate 0 and no phosphate test is likely the issue.

there is phosphate i just forgot it its like .1 or .08 ish

 

[Jekyl]

there is phosphate i just forgot it its like .1 or .08 ish

Zero nitrate is still an issue. There's no food for your coral to eat.

 

[Jekyl]

Have some pics in white light of the tank?

 

[cleaner_shrimp]

Zero nitrate is still an issue. There's no food for your coral to eat.

i am trying to get them up, i have 4 fish in that 13 gallon and i feed a good amount of food. usually nitrates sit at 7-9 ish but recently they have been low since i went on vacation and my macro grew crazy. but i trimmed it down a TON.

 

[Jekyl]

i am trying to get them up, i have 4 fish in that 13 gallon and i feed a good amount of food. usually nitrates sit at 7-9 ish but recently they have been low since i went on vacation and my macro grew crazy. but i trimmed it down a TON.

Add a bag of chemipure elite and get nitrate up to where you had them. Give it 3 weeks with parameters as they should be. The prime isn't an overly powerful light that should cause bleaching. I'm guessing it's the parameter imbalance/swing and not lighting.

 

[cleaner_shrimp]

Have some pics in white light of the tank?

 

[vetteguy53081]

If phos low, do not add chemiPure elite which will lower it even more
For light- try these adjustments:

UV-74 > go to 55
V-74 > go to 60
B-80 > Ok
Rb-80 > go to 85
G-4 - good
R-4 - Good
Cw-12 - Good

 

[Jekyl]

Nice tank. I would still lean in on getting parameters dialed in. Somewhere around 10 nitrate and .05 phosphate or so

 

[Jekyl]

If phos low, do not add chemiPure elite which will lower it even more
For light- try these adjustments:

UV-74 > go to 55
V-74 > go to 60
B-80 > Ok
Rb-80 > go to 85
G-4 - good
R-4 - Good
Cw-12 - Good

His phosphate was at .1 or so. Figured a tad high. Has been a he'll of a day so maybe I'm mistaken

 

[cleaner_shrimp]

His phosphate was at .1 or so. Figured a tad high

that was what the tester read. the LFS said it could also mean that its just barely detectable. i dont have a phosphate test kit atm so i had to go to the store for that

 

[vetteguy53081]

that was what the tester read. the LFS said it could also mean that its just barely detectable. i dont have a phosphate test kit atm so i had to go to the store for that

Thought i saw zero. In this case, you want to increase feedings without overfeeding which alone will raise po4

 

[cleaner_shrimp]

If phos low, do not add chemiPure elite which will lower it even more
For light- try these adjustments:

UV-74 > go to 55
V-74 > go to 60
B-80 > Ok
Rb-80 > go to 85
G-4 - good
R-4 - Good
Cw-12 - Good

now considering some people have the light spectrum set at 140% for the uv, v, b ,rb. should i keep the settings you reccomend for a while and slowly increase them? or should these be perminent settings?