Sps colour

[merereef]

I have noticed my green pocillapora was going from a very vivid green to dull green... my alk is super stable at 8.6 calc at 440 mag at 1350
Nitrate at 5 and phos at 0.05...

The only thing i did was increase the light percentage by 5%

I have a 24 inch deep tank with ai hydra 26hd running the david saxby schedule. They were on 60% max intensity but have increased it to 65% since then the sps colour has gone dull.. any idea why that might be? I also increased the flow as it was lacking.. lights increased and increase in flow about a week ago

 

[Auquanut]

How long has it been since you increased you're lighting? Your parameters sound great! Still trying to tweak mine to pretty much the same.

 

[merereef]

How long has it been since you increased you're lighting? Your parameters sound great! Still trying to tweak mine to pretty much the same.

About a week ago now increased by 5% ohh i just remembered ive also increased the flow too

 

[Auquanut]

It may just still be adjusting to the changes. Most corals are pretty resilient over time. My green pocillapora does well in high light and high flow. Be warned though. Green pocillapora has been known to have "polyp bailout" where some polyps leave the colony and repopulate elsewhere in the tank. It happened to me about 2 years ago, and now I have about 6 instead of the one I started with.

 

[merereef]

It may just still be adjusting to the changes. Most corals are pretty resilient over time. My green pocillapora does well in high light and high flow. Be warned though. Green pocillapora has been known to have "polyp bailout" where some polyps leave the colony and repopulate elsewhere in the tank. It happened to me about 2 years ago, and now I have about 6 instead of the one I started with.

Thank you, il just wait it out and stop changing things