losing color candy cane

[baslewprime]

i bought this candy cane a week ago and his color wont show up. its this normal?

parameters
magnesium 1200
calcium 360
nitrates 2ppm
alk 11.8

 

[Brad Miller]

He should be opening his polyps by now.
He must be telling you that he's not in a happy place and he wants moved to better lighting or flow area

 

[Jason mack]

At a guess ..I would say raise your mag and you should see an improvement...I like too keep mine around 1350-1400 ..
Your alk is also a little on the high side ....10-11dkh is good if you have an sps dominant tank, otherwise 7-9 dkh would be fine ...your tank looks newish ..what salt are you using ..?

 

[Daniel91]

+1 on different location. Trumpets generally do not require much light but like a little extra flow. This varies ofc!

Your big three look just fine. Are they stable at those levels?

 

[Flippers4pups]

It's a little early to tell, but if the light spectrum its under is now different than the light spectrum it came from, it may be a slightly different color going forward. It happens.

This is the case with my candy canes. They were a neon green when I got them years ago and now for years have a bluish tint to them.

 

[baslewprime]

At a guess ..I would say raise your mag and you should see an improvement...I like too keep mine around 1350-1400 ..
Your alk is also a little on the high side ....10-11dkh is good if you have an sps dominant tank, otherwise 7-9 dkh would be fine ...your tank looks newish ..what salt are you using ..?

instant ocean

i dont know why my alk its too high. i never dose just wc once a month

i dont know what to do.

 

[baslewprime]

It's a little early to tell, but if the light spectrum its under is now different than the light spectrum it came from, it may be a slightly different color going forward. It happens.

This is the case with my candy canes. They were a neon green when I got them years ago and now for years have a bluish tint to them.

they love dimmer lights?

 

[Jason mack]

instant ocean

i dont know why my alk its too high. i never dose just wc once a month

i dont know what to do.

All I would do is raise your mag for now ...alk will come down on it's own....

 

[Flippers4pups]

they love dimmer lights?

About 200 PAR.

 

[baslewprime]

thank u guys

best and easiest way to dose?

 

[Flippers4pups]

Here's a video George did on it:


And one BRS did: