Purple SPS not so purple?

[Sandroni]

Does anyone know what color spectrum "purple-r" corals like? My jedi mindtrick and ORA strawberry shortcake seems to be losing a bit of their purple.

 

[Sandroni]

bump

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Same as ever other coral really.

If it's fading it might be to much light or low nutrients , if it's browning it might be too little light and to high of nutrients.

If it's a mariculture, it's going to brown out possibly.

 

[Sandroni]

Same as ever other coral really.

If it's fading it might be to much light or low nutrients , if it's browning it might be too little light and to high of nutrients.

If it's a mariculture, it's going to brown out possibly.

This is really tricky learning sps it is a whole new level, I'm tweaking a lot of things slowly trying not to do too much damage.

 

[chefjpaul]

A start:
https://reefbuilders.com/2008/09/03/guide-of-sps-coral-coloration-make-them-more-vivid-bright/

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Truly mind boggling at times yes.

My first acro was a tri colored vileda

Took me three years to make it tri colored again.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

LPS learning curve ;Cat
SPS learning curve ;Vamp

Stick with it, dont do anything drastic, slow changes... it's rewarding, I promise.

 

[reeferfoxx]

I'm tweaking a lot of things slowly

Set it and forget it

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I've got an ASL "Purple Nurple".... it's green. Entrusting, but green.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I've got an ASL "Purple Nurple".... it's green. Entrusting, but green.

Too much light.

I had a big green Acro. Fragged it , put it in the other tank at different depths. I now have two green acros and a yellow with pink.

Not all sps are high light. Not al acros are either.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Too much light.

I had a big green Acro. Fragged it , put it in the other tank at different depths. I now have two green acros and a yellow with pink.

Not all sps are high light. Not al acros are either.

Just snapped this... tiny bit of purple on the growth edge that I haven't noticed because the 35 is in the way... you can see it's fully encrusted the glue and starting to move onto the rock.

Mother colony

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Just snapped this... tiny bit of purple on the growth edge that I haven't noticed because the 35 is in the way... you can see it's fully encrusted the glue and starting to move onto the rock.

Mother colony

Once it gets a branch, pop it off and put it lower. For science.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

It'll be in the 35 by then... we'll do it, but only for science. I could go up to Aquarium Specialty and ask Dane what kind of lighting the thing likes...

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

It'll be in the 35 by then... we'll do it, but only for science. I could go up to Aquarium Specialty and ask Dane what kind of lighting the thing likes...

Let me know what he says please.

 

[chefjpaul]

Too much light.


Not all sps are high light. Not al acros are either.

It's not always light either, just the first child to get blame

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Let me know what he says please.

I will, gotta go trade two tangs for store credit this week from when I had delusions of grandeur... and a 75 that didn't leak.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

It's not always light either, just the first child to get blame

Been researching a lot on this one.

I also turned a recording green too. Different corals have different clades of zoox the require amounts different light. If it's too much it releases other pigments as sunscreen. In some corals it's not overall intensity but a specific Nm overdose that doesn't exist on the reef. Some lights have too much of this NM. I know of two that do.

So glad Mr Riddle joined the team here. But I have to read a lot more than I did. Lol.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

In some corals it's not overall intensity but a specific Nm overdose that doesn't exist on the reef. Some lights have too much of this NM. I know of two that do.

Kessil wouldn't happen to be one of these, would it?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Kessil wouldn't happen to be one of these, would it?

Maybe.

 

[BoomCorals]

Maybe.

Do tell