SPS and color

reeferbuddy215 · Apr 10, 2017

I have 3 cheap Mars aqua 165watt led units over my 125 and my acros color up super fast and I have my lights under the canopy about 4" above the water so I have the power on the whites dimmed down to about 75% but my po4 is high like .21 ppm and yet my tank flourishes and the corals are growing fast as hell, I also have a dual refugium but each led units has 2 green 2 red led's and idk how many but it also has 12,000k 8,000k royal blend 460nm and and blue I'm not sure of but I bought an acropora spathulata which is supposed to be extremely hard to keep alive or to have color up and grow and it's been 3 weeks and I got 1/4 inches growth entrusting. I think it's about feeding regularly adding amino acids and getting good lighting. Since mine can be dimmed I start the day with the whites and red n greens all the way down then slowly raise them to their max of the day then reverse the process but only on days I'm here to do it but their also on a timer.

Marius Swart · Apr 10, 2017

Could be green, but with all lights off it has a pinkish tint ,I also had one in the old tank that did the same and did however slightly gained pink but not how I wanted .
This was the only pic when I received it and 2 days later , it did gain pink later on but no pictures. This was under ati t5

Marius Swart · Apr 10, 2017

My light does not have red or green , but seen these under tanks that doesn't run reds nor greens . I did raise my light a bit but had no effect , I downed my white, blues and uv and still no difference

Marius Swart · Apr 10, 2017

Pics taken now . Like I mentioned , everything is looking much better since a few weeks ago but that birds...... If you say its a green , I will send the one to a friend to see what happens in his tank
Lights off , and yes I agree looks terrible , that's a pinkish tint starting ?

happyhourhero · Apr 10, 2017

Based on the above pictures and the colors of your other corals in the background I think you just need to give the Birdsnest some time. It is pretty badly bleached.

Marius Swart · Apr 10, 2017

Agree but did you see what it looked like when i recieved it , do hope time will help, but will gave my friend the one and see what happens

Marius Swart · May 5, 2017

Hi everyone , so a friend said he is sure its a ponape birdsnest and not pink at all . Got a few new frags and things are looking beter , started with red sea coral colors , sps not looking to bad

saltyfilmfolks · May 5, 2017

Marius Swart said:
so a friend said he is sure its a ponape birdsnest

Im pretty sure its not its not a Ponape birdsnest.http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3354+3388&pcatid=3388
http://www.jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com/product_p/acr-34.htm
https://reefs.com/coral/tyree-ponape-birdsnest/
Or these guys need to get their act together. As both are actually a bit different.

happyhourhero · May 5, 2017

Standard Green BN IMO

saltyfilmfolks · May 5, 2017

happyhourhero said:
Standard Green BN IMO

I just put mine under The SB's a couple weeks a go(was under Ai Sols at higher intensity) Now they look like these again.http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3354+3388&pcatid=3388
(go SB!

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Marius Swart · May 5, 2017

Will be giving it away , might be the other one that was a ponape that he gave an id not sure , when i recieved these bleached corals i believed it was pink , did however get a true pink , very small

Marius Swart · May 5, 2017

Will get new pics tomorrow , it does look close to that green but white tips

saltyfilmfolks · May 5, 2017

Marius Swart said:
Will get new pics tomorrow , it does look close to that green but white tips

They do change color under higher lighr and different spectrums. Really odd those links all show a different coral. Sheesh..

mtraylor · May 5, 2017

The picture above looks like the coral is recovering nicely. Is that the same coral?

Marius Swart · May 6, 2017

No there was 2 , one i gave away , now i have the one i hoped was pink . Pic below

And then my other one thats looking great

mtraylor · May 6, 2017

OH ok well corals are looking healthy

Marius Swart · May 6, 2017

Thanks , ill keep an eye on this birds , but at this point it stays like this . Still a bit new to sps but at this point im very happy . Thanks for all the input from each and everyone . Getting about 250 zoa heads next week , no idea where ill find the space . Thinking of getting a fancy acro or a higher grade sps , these i have i believe are all the easy ones