Making pale acros darker

[Proteus]

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

[Aquattro]

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

[monocus]

have you tried potassium

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

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

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

Originally Posted by monocus

have you tried potassium

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.

[reefwars]

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.

[reefwars]

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.

[Aquattro]

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.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by reefwars

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.

I've always been an advocate for goof fish loads
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

Originally Posted by Aquattro

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 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

[Rice Reef]

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).

[Proteus]

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