sps losing color

[jose hernandez]

so added a couple of sps to my system everything was colored up at first but noticed they are fading now i have a red sea reefer 750xxl lights i have 4 xr30w g4 pros 12'inches above the tank as i hear u get more spread at that height im running the ab+ program at 40% flow i have 4 mp40s im running them at constant speed 40%
heres are my parameters
alk 9.0
cal 463
mag 1395
salinity 1.025
phoshphates 0.02
nitrates 5

 

[T-J]

so added a couple of sps to my system everything was colored up at first but noticed they are fading now i have a red sea reefer 750xxl lights i have 4 xr30w g4 pros 12'inches above the tank as i hear u get more spread at that height im running the ab+ program at 40% flow i have 4 mp40s im running them at constant speed 40%
heres are my parameters
alk 9.0
cal 463
mag 1395
salinity 1.025
phoshphates 0.02
nitrates 5

When you say fading, do you mean turning brown or turning white?

 

[WIReefer]

Do you have any pictures of the corals? I would bump up your PO4.

 

[jose hernandez]

Brownish no white

 

[jose hernandez]

Here some pics

 

[jose hernandez]

I have some torches hammers zoas all doin great it’s only the sos that are fading they looked slot better they been in my tank for about a month

 

[DivingTheWorld]

Lighting and flow seem a bit low for a tank that size. What's your PAR levels at the corals?

 

[Michael Gray]

I've noticed all my corals lose color as i add them and then color comes back over the course.of weeks.

Not saying this is normal. But my experience.

 

[jose hernandez]

I have not sure about the lights but as far as flow it’s a lot my torches are at the bottom and the look like they are getting blasted don’t have a par meter

 

[jose hernandez]

forgot to mention
ph 8.3 at night during the day 8.5
have a hose connected to my skimmer run it out the window also run a refugium 24hrs a day

 

[Michael Gray]

forgot to mention
ph 8.3 at night during the day 8.5
have a hose connected to my skimmer run it out the window also run a refugium 24hrs a day

Could be your fuge is being to productive.

 

[jose hernandez]

have the apex just dont know how to program it to run with my light schedule contacted neptune but waiting for a response

 

[jda]

Those don't look that bad. You could just need some more time for them to come back after a move.

I would look at lights first. Don't recall anybody loving ab+ alone with acropora - most have added T5s with this schedule. Most work in a bit more white time. I am not 100% up on this, so do your research. It is likely that the rendered color in the coral when you got them has left since you have a different spectrum now.

Whatever you do, don't change just to change since you appear to have more to lose than gain. Go slow and be smart.

 

[jose hernandez]

i never was good at making my own light schedule always used the pre programs on the radions before i added the sps frags i had the lps program on figured the ab+ is what everyone used for sps so i changed it i was thinking of adding the aquatic life hybrid t5 with radions but i also have a ati 8 bulb 60' fixture a buddy has for me so not sure what to do

 

[Frank RiZZo]

AB+ @ 40% is not enough par for SPS without diffusers you should be around 60-70% at least

 

[zert11797]

Increase the PAR for sure, tht should fix it right up!

 

[jose hernandez]

i have other corals as well hammers torches would that burn them?

 

[shakygator]

have the apex just dont know how to program it to run with my light schedule contacted neptune but waiting for a response

Are you talking about the fuge light schedule?

Go to outputs and do something like this:

 

[jose hernandez]

Think the fuge is taking out all my nutrients but at the same time others claim to run a super low nutrient system so don’t really understand

 

[Tdoan]

I just went through the same issue and was able to resolve the issue by slowly bringing up the light intensity. My acros are now happy and it didn’t negatively affect my LPS.