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Animal-Chin
06-08-2016, 08:03 PM
So my nitrates hit 20, algae started showing up so I thought I'd carbon dose. I use NOPOX from red sea and have been doing so for over 2 months. Good new, my nitrate fell to 5, bad news, my zoa's all faded in color.

Anyone know why this would be? Have suggestions to color them back up? Nothing else in my tank has changed other than the carbon dosing and the fading started right after I started the dosing.

Are my nitrates and phosphates just too low now? Do zoa's react to the carbon?

I know some will say "stop carbon dosing" but my sps are lovin it and my algae is totally gone so I'm liking the dosing as I feed heavily and have big fish.

Thoughts?

i have crabs
06-08-2016, 08:15 PM
Try spot feeding the zoas for a bit and see if it improves, could be the low nutrients causing it

Animal-Chin
06-08-2016, 08:41 PM
Try spot feeding the zoas for a bit and see if it improves, could be the low nutrients causing it

Best zoa food? Polyp lab any good? Coral Frenzy?

dino
06-08-2016, 08:57 PM
This is a common issue with using carbon

Potatohead
06-08-2016, 08:59 PM
I would continue to dose and if your nitrates and phosphates get quite low then you can increase feeding (slowly)

Animal-Chin
06-08-2016, 09:34 PM
This is a common issue with using carbon


Any way to combat the color loss?

Galizio
06-09-2016, 02:04 AM
Since I started carbon dosing I have the same issue, my palys do great but the zoas not so much, they are actually getting better now after a few weeks but they don't use to look like how they use too. My sps do great tho .


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jordsyke
06-09-2016, 03:18 PM
Ive been carbon dosing for quite some time and don't seem to have this issue... I dose fuel aswell as Tropic Marin Part C so maybe that has something to do with it?

brisco
06-09-2016, 05:22 PM
The curse of a mix reef sps/lps/softies all like the water slightly different it would seem. It is hard to keep them all perfect. One of them is always a little grumpy with the conditions.

iamfrontosa
06-09-2016, 08:43 PM
Yeh. Its the common issue with mixed reef. Good for some, bad for others.

xoticlover
06-10-2016, 05:41 AM
maybe DAVEJ can chime in on this. I know he vinegar doses and he has the most vibrant zoas and palys.

Wheelman76
06-10-2016, 06:11 AM
maybe DAVEJ can chime in on this. I know he vinegar doses and he has the most vibrant zoas and palys.



What lighting does Dave use ?

xoticlover
06-10-2016, 07:20 AM
ATI T-5 and LED strip supplement

davej
06-10-2016, 01:33 PM
Yup, I restarted dosing vinegar after giving up on bio pellets.

I have had no issues with my color on my zoas.

I dose acropower as well, maybe that is helping?

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Animal-Chin
06-10-2016, 06:39 PM
We have literally the same collection of Zoa's. I wonder if its the NOPOX vs Vinegar. NOPOX is a different compound of carbon. I'm thinking of not using NOPOX and switching to vinegar anyway. Vinegar is 2 bucks, NOPOX is 30...

davej
06-10-2016, 08:38 PM
What lighting does Dave use ?

Using a 6 bulb dimmable ATI with 4 blue plus, 1 coral plus and one giessman full actinic. As per your recommendation Jess. :)
Also have a reefbrite XHO full actinic as well.

Galizio
06-10-2016, 09:51 PM
Yup, I restarted dosing vinegar after giving up on bio pellets.

I have had no issues with my color on my zoas.

I dose acropower as well, maybe that is helping?

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Nice collection davej... They look great


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Galizio
06-10-2016, 09:54 PM
I use biofuel by brightwell, don't know if depends on what source of carbon you use, eventually mine are getting better but also lost some of them, the only thing I switched in the last few months was only the carbon dosing.
Actually since I took the kessil down and going all t5 they are doing better, but probably for some of them is a bit late.



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davej
06-10-2016, 10:51 PM
Yes I really wanted to love my radions. But alas Zoas didn't. Lol
Doing much better under t5's.