Trouble with coral colors

[Michael Adam]

I just can't seem to get my colors to pop. It's a 120 gallon, year and a half old. Getting decent growth. I have 3 maxspect pumps running in gyre mode at 50 to 80 percent. Lighting is a reefbreeders photon and 4 t5s. 2 blue plus and 2 purple plus. Red and green at 10 percent, blues and violet 80 percent and white at 35 percent. 12 hour schedule with 8 hours at above percentages.
I was dosing reef roids but stopped due to vermited snails. Now dosing acropower and coral restore every other week. Some corals look like they should but others aren't getting the colors.
Alk-8.5
Cal-450
Mag-1450
Sal-35
Ph-8 to 8.4
Nit-4
Phos-.06
Two examples are master yosa and red devil nasuta both are in 300 to 325 par.
Thanks for any info.

 

[MoshJosh]

all things being equal, could try:

Messing with spectrum
Messing with PAR (pushing it higher)
Dosing amino acids or specialty “color” products

I believe all three methods could help, but changes to coloration could take a while to manifest after making the changes.

Just my thoughts and a bump for other opinions!

 

[Michael Adam]

What are the specialty color products? I am dosing amino acids.

 

[Lavey29]

After my last ICP test which showed low Zinc I started dosing 2ml of Zinc weekly and it really helped acros color up.

 

[MoshJosh]

What are the specialty color products? I am dosing amino acids.

Think a bunch of different chem companies make them:

KoralColor - Encorages Increased Coloration in Corals (250 ML) - Brightwell

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[vetteguy53081]

I suspect a light /spectrum issue (likely too high bleaching or too much zooxanthellae production) and lack of elements such as aminos, and red sea color or Pohl;s 4 step program may help with this

 

[Michael Adam]

After my last ICP test which showed low Zinc I started dosing 2ml of Zinc weekly and it really helped acros color up.

My last icp showed zinc normal. 1.08

 

[Michael Adam]

I suspect a light /spectrum issue (likely too high bleaching or too much zooxanthellae production) and lack of elements such as aminos, and red sea color or Pohl;s 4 step program may help with this

I am dosing acropower and coral restore. Anything better to dose?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I am dosing acropower and coral restore. Anything better to dose?

Acropower good and Seachem FUEL which is aminos