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Old 01-28-2014, 09:18 PM
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Thanks everyone. I've been noticing that the colors on a lot of my corals seem lacking...especially compared to the mad skills of some of they people on here. I use Prodibio and my system is pretty low nutrient. Due to some cyano I had, I had stopped using reefbooster about 4 months ago...but now I'm questioning if I am starving my corals. I dose potassium and some lugals but my purples and blues fade to brownish often. Any thoughts?

Sounds like you might have a case of LED syndrome!
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Haha. ..the thought never crossed my mind. I was at reefsupplycanada today and Nick has a few corals that I have given him that look amazing compared to mine and he also uses LED.
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Thanks everyone. I've been noticing that the colors on a lot of my corals seem lacking...especially compared to the mad skills of some of they people on here. I use Prodibio and my system is pretty low nutrient. Due to some cyano I had, I had stopped using reefbooster about 4 months ago...but now I'm questioning if I am starving my corals. I dose potassium and some lugals but my purples and blues fade to brownish often. Any thoughts?
My purple validas LOVE being under LEDs. Lots of purple with green growth tips. That's with the emitters NOT at full power. Probably a much higher nutrient system than you have, cause I love lots of fish in my tanks.
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Looks good Mark! Colors or not, the setup is stunning! Do you get much algae growth on the glass or rocks? If you aren't getting much algae you could experiment with feeding the fish more to see if you can improve color that way. Your bioload is quite low now but will increase as the fish grow.

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Old 04-29-2014, 04:08 AM
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I'm always thrilled when you take a peek at my build Mindy. Haven't chatted with you in way too long. My glass does seem to get growth quite quickly but I have little to no algae on the rocks. Nitrate measures zero on my hanna and my PO4 was 0.05 also on the hanna meter.
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The view through the end of the tank looks stunning.
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Tank looks great Mark. As to not clutter your thread, I will post my thoughts on colour in another in the reefing forum, as I dont like some of mine either.
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Tank looks great Mark. As to not clutter your thread, I will post my thoughts on colour in another in the reefing forum, as I dont like some of mine either.
Thanks Doug, you're going to have to find a chance to head down this way one time so I can show you it in person.


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The view through the end of the tank looks stunning.
Thanks so much...down the end is one of my favorite views. Sometimes I get frustrated as I have a sand sifter and he can really just mix it up enough with those four big powerheads at the end to give me a sandstorm.
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It's filling in nicely. Sometimes it's fun to just watch the battles. It the end, it could look very cool and more natural. Plus it's also less work!
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