Zoa colors ruined by LEDs

wysiwyg33015 · Feb 23, 2017

When I first bought my Zoas their bright and full of color three months later under LEDs colors are gone. My water parameters are consistent. My Zoas are big and popping up new heads each week, but the colors aren't as pronounced when first bought them. For example my rainbow incinerator, first pic is before second is after a month under LEDs.

USMC 4 LIFE · Feb 23, 2017

They don't look good. Perhaps there is something more than lighting that's affecting them. I have zoas under a Kessil ap700 and they do well.

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 23, 2017

Weird. What led is it. Did you match par from the previous light?

wysiwyg33015 · Feb 23, 2017

Hydra 26

wysiwyg33015 · Feb 23, 2017

No par meter

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 23, 2017

wysiwyg33015 said:
No par meter

what was the last light. what hight above the tank.
The new one does not appear very bright.

wysiwyg33015 · Feb 23, 2017

I lowered the blues and added more white. Read that white had more spectrum to bring out the yellows and reds in Zoas.

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 23, 2017

wysiwyg33015 said:
I lowered the blues and added more white. Read that white had more spectrum to bring out the yellows and reds in Zoas.

Its very likely you have a lot less intensity.

Manaz101 · Feb 23, 2017

I've got a pair of 26's over my 40B for about 4 months now and i don't raise my whites past 9 but keep my blues up to almost 100%. I've yet to loose any one yet and are growing out well. Color wise they are OK, but at this point I'm more interested in getting them to grow and be healthy than for "pop".

wysiwyg33015 · Feb 23, 2017

So increase everything by 10%?

Manaz101 · Feb 23, 2017

I would slowly bring your blues up to at least 50% over the next few weeks, keep white/red/green where they are and then gauge from there.
I get substantial growth from my loss and softies running primarily blues. I only ramp up whites for my sad looking acro frags I recently got

wysiwyg33015 · Feb 23, 2017

I had my blues at 45% till I saw the lost of color. Has anyone had any experience in losing color. If which color and in what setting.

AwildcatsZ · Feb 24, 2017

I run a 29 gallon tank with a Hydra 26. All of my zoas are healthy and full of color. Going off of your lighting schedule, my guess would be you're not giving them enough light.

I have my blues at nearly 100%, white is around 30%. I do not recall the exact numbers but I could get a screenshot of my schedule if you'd find it helpful.

GoFish · Feb 24, 2017

I use the same light in a 10 gallon and get great colours from all the zoas
A. Not sure if you're giving them enough light
B. The ratio of blue to white should be much higher IMO

I have royal blue peak at 90%, blue at 80% and whites at 18%, if you're gonna change anything do it slow but basically turn down down the suck (white) and turn up the good (blue and royal blue)

Stability and time beyond that

Best of luck bringing em back

joshporksandwich · Feb 24, 2017

what lights was the person you bought them from using?

wysiwyg33015 · Feb 24, 2017

I don't know what kind of light the Zoas came from. I bought most including the incinerators from online vendors.

So the consensus is that I'm losing color because I'm not giving enough light. I'll try turning my blues up more.

Screen shots of lighting schedules would help. Par readings too. I've just ordered a seneye.