Making pale acros darker
 

I've noticed lately my acros have become quite pale. I do understand this happens in a zeo tank but would like my darker colors back.

Zeo tank
Po4 undetected
No3 undetected
Cal 450
Alk 7.5
Mg 1420
Temp 80
Lights 250w halide 20k 8hrs

I dose amino acid, coral vitalize, coral booster... I use to dose flatworm stop which makes colors darker but it's 90$ a bottle

Any suggestions

I never had my acros pale out and figured it was due to very heavy feeding of the fish. Maybe increase feeding?

darker
 

have you tried potassium

I don't feed very heavy. Literally I cut one cube into 4 pieces. I should try feeding twice a day
I have a bottle but have yet to try.


I wish I could get a decent pic but my red planet is pink and yellow.

up the fish load and feedings if you can , lots of small schooling fish they eat lots of food and provide lots of nutrients. The nicest stocked sps tanks always seem to have a goof supply of fish load.

Colors are mostly related to lighting and nutrients , maybe a color change in lighting will help too.

You can test for potassium although most foods are loaded with it , but in carbon dosed system it can tend to get a bit low.

Dosing K in my tank never made any difference in anything other than my wallet :) I do feed very heavy though, pellets 4 or 5 times /day, mysis twice a week and a sheet of nori daily.

I've always been an advocate for goof fish loads :smile:
Honestly though, when my corals started bleaching, I backed my lighting off, added more fish, upped fish feedings, and then slowly ramped the lights back up
This eventually brought my corals back to life

I feed pellets twice daily, and a seafood mix nightly
Nori I feed a couple times/week as I only have wrasses. But I suppose I should give them more, for the veggie experience
I also feed some flakes a couple times/week. A mix of meat and veggie stuff

Feed a bit more. Since you are using zeo stuff have you may also want to consider aminos or pohls Xtra? K and b balance help but for now I woould go with aminos or pohls Xtra first ( you could consider coral vitalizer as well).

I do dose aa, vc and xtra. I upd feeding to 2x and took a hour off of light schedule