Opinions wanted.

[reefwithareefer]

Originally Posted by Myka

Are the corals actually colorful? To me, the word "pop" is in reference to lighting and nothing else. If the corals themselves are lacking color that's a whole different subject.

This may be part of the issue. Yes they have color. Do they have the color they should? Not sure as I am fairly knew to the hobby and have only seen a few other reefers tanks. I look at Slyguys and I think mine do not have anywhere near that color. Then I can look at some other tanks and say mine has better color. Again, is it lighting, is it me, is it water....I tend to want to agree with you that the pop may be just lighting.. In the end, I want my corals to Pop like Nicks, whether that is achieved by lights , water or both is becoming quite frustrating...


and to prove I am new...I can not even figure out how to multi quote...lol..argh...


"Aquattro Alk is high, temp is low. You'll really slow SPS growth at 76.

P.S. It's not the lights"

Ok, I will keep it around what it is now (9)or a bit lower. I was told high end was better for SPS, but You and Nick think it is high , so I will change it.

As for temp, what should I run it at? Is higher just for SPS, as I have quite a few softies etc as well.

Slyguy00 "your alk seems a bit high to me. probably not dangerous levels, but I usually keep mine between 9-10. Also you have to be very careful with gfo/rowaphos. when I first started using it, i added to much and it really sucked the colors out of my sps. Just a few ideas, every tank is different though so its hard to say forsure.
Today 05:13 PM"

The gfo has been running for about 2 months now. Hard to say if I noticed a change in coral color as it has been awhile and a month or two before that, I upgraded the tank and that did cause some stress to everything. Everything seems to have come back fully since the upgrade