Red planet under Radions LED ?

neupane00 · Aug 26, 2015

Has anyone successfully kept Red planet under Radions ? I cant seem to keep them. I have 20 other sps and they dont have any problems. Mostly my red colored acros have problems. Any insights ?

The typical problem i have is they either fade to pink if i put higher up. And dark red/brown when i put at the bottom.

Tank params:
Ammonia/ Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
phosphate - 0
Potassium - 375
iodine - 0.06
Fe - 0
Calcium - 420
Alk - 8.5

Rob.D · Aug 26, 2015

This was my RP about a year under Led's

neupane00 · Aug 26, 2015

beautiful. what kinda LED ? and what was your light schedule/ intensity?

neupane00 · Aug 27, 2015

anyone else?

rovster · Aug 27, 2015

Mine is growing fine. Took a while but a ton of nubs now. Not much to show though....

Rob.D · Aug 27, 2015

neupane00 said:
beautiful. what kinda LED ? and what was your light schedule/ intensity?

Chinese no name 165 watt full spectrum, 100% blue-30% white, 10 hr blues 8 hr full spectrum.

twilliard · Aug 27, 2015

neupane00 said:
Has anyone successfully kept Red planet under Radions ? I cant seem to keep them. I have 20 other sps and they dont have any problems. Mostly my red colored acros have problems. Any insights ?

The typical problem i have is they either fade to pink if i put higher up. And dark red/brown when i put at the bottom.

Tank params:
Ammonia/ Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
phosphate - 0
Potassium - 375
iodine - 0.06
Fe - 0
Calcium - 420
Alk - 8.5

Increase your no3 with just a touch of po4
Miracles will happen

neupane00 · Aug 27, 2015

How do I increase no2. I feed once a day. Mostly frozen food.
No2 and po4 comes from food right ?

neupane00 · Aug 28, 2015

I meant no3 btw.

jolt · Aug 28, 2015

I increased my nitrate and phosphate by slowly adding more fish and feeding more until it hit my target

jared graves · Aug 28, 2015

If you feed frozen foods normally buy a container of pellets to feed on top of that it's easier to control how much your feeding with pellets

twilliard · Aug 28, 2015

Depends on how many fish you have.
You can try to increase no3 with food but it is a longer process to go through the cycle before being converted to no3
Potassium nitrate is what I use to keep my tank around 5 ppm
My po4 testing shows 0 but triton shows .014 to .018 po4

neupane00 · Aug 28, 2015

can you please put a link to potassium nitrate and how much to dose. I have 300 gallon volume.

rlman41299 · Aug 28, 2015

neupane00 said:
can you please put a link to potassium nitrate and how much to dose. I have 300 gallon volume.

One of the members here suggested to use "sachem flourish nitrogen" I have started using it a week ago but has not tested since due to busy schedule. I may be able to do it tonight. I am running an ultra low nutrient system with 0 NO3 and 0 PO4. Hopefully it helped. Also get a potassium test kit just to make sure you're potassium is at safe level.

Daniel@R2R · Aug 28, 2015

I've got RP, and it's doing fine under Radions. Sorry you're having troubles. Mine is up high and in pretty high flow.

neupane00 · Aug 28, 2015

mdbannister said:
I've got RP, and it's doing fine under Radions. Sorry you're having troubles. Mine is up high and in pretty high flow.

What's your light intensity and schedule like ? And where do u keep your phosphate and nitrate. ? Thank you.

Daniel@R2R · Aug 28, 2015

Light schedule is 12 hours. I've got it set at 20k 90% intensity (been lowering it lately...target is 80%). Haven't tested for Nitrate (I don't test that regularly as long as things look good) and I haven't checked PO4 recently bc I've been on vacation, but I usually have PO4 around .03

Tegridy Reef · Aug 28, 2015

I know multi people with this coral and just over night it just whites out. Just happened to me coral was doing great bam gone all white. My other acros are fine and the mother colony. But this has happened to three people with that coral

o2manyfish · Aug 28, 2015

I have a Red Planet that is doing great under Radions. Color is a nice rich red. A little bit of green on the growth encrusting edge.

I run the Apex 20k Profile on the Radions at about 72% max.

Take a peek on my webcam... its on the right side of the tank in the middle. www.o2manyfish.com/camera.htm

Dave B

rinckemd · Aug 28, 2015

I have the same problem, totally a brown planet. I've had the same issue under AI LEDs and radio station, so it's me I'm sure. No3 is 2-4ppm, po4 is .02ppm. High light it goes a bit pink, but lower it just looks brown.