Red tenuis turning white ish?

[GSnake]

For some reason my red tenuis, rr supreme, tgc cherry bomb, ska jackpot and rr lady in pink turn white ish with green polyps. No red at all. I do have red coral...PC rainbow. Not sure what's with the tenuis. My homewrecker and Disney is green and normal, it's just a thing with red tenuis.

Any idea

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Bumping your post!

 

[Curiousbranching]

Post your water parameters

 

[GSnake]

Alk 8.4
Po4 0.03
No3 less than 5
Cal 480
Mg 1520
I use kalk
Trace elements
Big ish skimmer
And 3 different wavemakers in a 55g
Lighting is about 65% max strength, and ramps up and down for hours for a total of 15 hours

 

[Curiousbranching]

Alk 8.4
Po4 0.03
No3 less than 5
Cal 480
Mg 1520
I use kalk
Trace elements
Big ish skimmer
And 3 different wavemakers in a 55g
Lighting is about 65% max strength, and ramps up and down for hours for a total of 15 hours

IMO your nutrient levels are too low, the np depletion rate between feedings is very high. This is shown by the polyp size of sps in your tank. For me, Tenuis consume quite a lot of nutrients, in my tank whenever P is lower than 0.05, my Tenuis become noticeably lighter in color.

 

[ELChingonsReef]

I agree. Your nutrients are too low. Lower your lights and feed more. Try to keep your nutrients at 10ppm . Phosphate at .1 my tenuis colonys love 10ppm nitrates. And it also works great if you have a mixed reef like I do.

 

[ELChingonsReef]

For some reason my red tenuis, rr supreme, tgc cherry bomb, ska jackpot and rr lady in pink turn white ish with green polyps. No red at all. I do have red coral...PC rainbow. Not sure what's with the tenuis. My homewrecker and Disney is green and normal, it's just a thing with red tenuis.

Any idea

This is my cherry bomb. I have 2. 10ppm nitrates point one phosphates. 350 par with moderate flow.

 

[Mikeltee]

Bump up your nutrients by turning your skimmer down. Don't use any other means to strip nutrients. If you are, slowly get rid of them. You are about to get dinos. Rent a par meter. BRS does it if your lfs don't. I just bought the Bluetooth one because it's not much more than a couple of rentals.

 

[jda]

Those still look like frags. Give them a chance. There is no chance that that coral is nitrogen or phosphorous starved. You can see the other things on the rocks growing.

I would look at stability first, then light. Parameters last - the parameters all look fine.

Nobody wants to hear this, but are you 100% sure that those are real-deal named pieces? We have all seen too many people chase colors that never come from knock-off corals that are just never going to look good. Did you get them from a super-reliable source with lineage? If so, then cool, but it is worth asking.

 

[GSnake]

I had a phosphate swing and it's up to .13 now, but polyps seem to be fluffier. I think I'll let it ride instead of fixing it. It was from removing some sand bed.

Those still look like frags. Give them a chance. There is no chance that that coral is nitrogen or phosphorous starved. You can see the other things on the rocks growing.

I would look at stability first, then light. Parameters last - the parameters all look fine.

Nobody wants to hear this, but are you 100% sure that those are real-deal named pieces? We have all seen too many people chase colors that never come from knock-off corals that are just never going to look good. Did you get them from a super-reliable source with lineage? If so, then cool, but it is worth asking.

Are they all authentic? Not sure. I don't know the sources personally enough to know if it was lineage is what it is. I did see two of four of those frags in person in their colony before it was snipped for me though, and all four have been red like they are meant to be when I first got them. So maybe they are Authentic? Not sure .
the lady in pink was super fluffy. It sort of made my jaw drop seeing it in person. I'll try to get a pic

 

[exnisstech]

Maybe contact the seller just to compare parameter and lighting? Maybe there is something different in their tank that helps the reds come out? Just tossing it out there.

 

[jda]

What are you using for lights?

 

[GSnake]

What are you using for lights?

dsuny lights with a separate blue led bar. on my 2nd tank im using noopsyches.

i did frag 1 of 2 sticks of the cherrybomb and put it in my other tank, to see what difference lighting and setup will play. the other tank ( noopsyche tank ) is stable 5 no3 .01 po4 always, and all acros are growing fast, schedule is only 8 hours vs the 15 hours on dsuny tank.

im also going to try to get my lady in pink in there too, jackpot and supreme are too small though

 

[puffdragon]

Check your iron and potassium There is a presentation that talks about the elements and what color they affect.

 

[GSnake]

Check your iron and potassium There is a presentation that talks about the elements and what color they affect.

oh yes, i have a potassium kit handy too. ill double check shortly

 

[jda]

You running any apprecialbe amount of white diodes? If you aren't, it will help with coloration.

 

[GSnake]

dsuny lights with a separate blue led bar. on my 2nd tank im using noopsyches.

i did frag 1 of 2 sticks of the cherrybomb and put it in my other tank, to see what difference lighting and setup will play. the other tank ( noopsyche tank ) is stable 5 no3 .01 po4 always, and all acros are growing fast, schedule is only 8 hours vs the 15 hours on dsuny tank.

im also going to try to get my lady in pink in there too, jackpot and supreme are too small though

Here's the lady in pink.