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![]() 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 |
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![]() I never had my acros pale out and figured it was due to very heavy feeding of the fish. Maybe increase feeding?
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![]() have you tried potassium
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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. |
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![]() 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.
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![]() 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.
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![]() Dosing K in my tank never made any difference in anything other than my wallet
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![]() 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 Quote:
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 |
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![]() 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).
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![]() I do dose aa, vc and xtra. I upd feeding to 2x and took a hour off of light schedule
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