Sps color

[estebanb450]

Crappy photo quality it’s pink mili what I bought it as picture is with the blues off it’s some what pink/ kinda brown great polyp extension. Anyone use the Red Sea colors program with results

Alk 9.5
Ca 400
Phos undetectable
Nitrate undetectable
Light on 9 am to 9 pm

 

[Ocelaris]

I just started them a month ago and have been very happy with the results. Although I also keep nitrates above 8 and phosphates in the 0.04 range. Everything is growing like gangbusters and colors are coming out of the wood works. I'd get that calcium up a tad though.

 

[estebanb450]

I’ll have to see how I can get them up I have a decent size fuge. Light cycle on opposite of display. 50 gallon total volume feed 2x a week frozen food and 3-4 days when I remember of spectrum food and coral frenzy. 5 gallon water change weekly. Usually have ca at 480. Last 2 weeks been a hassle getting the doser on point. Last few days seems like its stable dosing 42 ml brs 2 part daily.

 

[estebanb450]

Also forgot to ask do you to water changes. Since starting to use Red Sea? Debating if I should stop doing water changes until the Red Sea bottles run out. Unless something spikes.

 

[Rakie]

 

[Ocelaris]

I've found water changes to still be very helpful, the corals just do better imo after the water change. I do about 30 gallons in a 120 total water volume every 2 weeks or so. But I run carbon as well, so part of it is just nutrient dilution since I feed pellets 4x a day and frozen at least once. Heavy nutrients in, heavy nutrients out and I struggle to keep phosphates detectable at all. I probably have more nuisance algae than I'd like, but nothing a little elbow grease can't take care of. I think if you were to do some icp testing you could look at lowering the water change frequency, but I'm still not comfortable pulling the plug on that routine.

 

[Waters]

You definitely need to increase both nitrates and phosphates...especially with the ALK on the higher side.

 

[estebanb450]

I might experiment with doing a water change every or 3 -4weeks or only run the skimmer half day. Overflow 3 baffle sump 1st chamber overflow pipes/skimmer 2nd chamber fuge 3rd is the return pump. 2x 2100 gallon power head and a fluval sp6 head height is probably 3 ft. With about 80 pounds total live rock