SPS color question

Marlin65 · #1 06-19-2008, 06:36 AM

I have a few frags right now, but some seem to have turned a bit brown from when I got them originally.
My caps and montipora have lots of color though.
My water is good almost no NO 3 lots of light 250w DE on 25gallon.
I am a heavy feeder though I believe in feeding my fish daily.

I also have some clams so don't want to starve those and I have lots of sand in my system so zeo-vit might not like that.
I am wondering if I should go to the Zeo-vit system.
Anyone have a deep sand bed and is running the Zeo-vit?

Keri · #2 06-19-2008, 07:01 AM

250 watts of what kind of light? pc? mh? t5? OOPS nevermind, read your signature afterwards. MH then

exceptionally deep tank or old bulb could be ruleouts to colour loss?

another edit:nahh, I can't help you BUT delicious pics on Flikr! You have a great eye.

Skimmerking · #3 06-19-2008, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marlin65

I have a few frags right now, but some seem to have turned a bit brown from when I got them originally.
My caps and montipora have lots of color though.
My water is good almost no NO 3 lots of light 250w DE on 25gallon.
I am a heavy feeder though I believe in feeding my fish daily.

I also have some clams so don't want to starve those and I have lots of sand in my system so zeo-vit might not like that.
I am wondering if I should go to the Zeo-vit system.
Anyone have a deep sand bed and is running the Zeo-vit?

I have found that with phosphates that my sps will loose color, anf if you are feeding heavy you still could be have nitrates that are affecting the sps thou. zeo is not the answer everytime thou do your reasearch and keep the water perfect to the best of your ability.

Whatigot · #4 06-19-2008, 03:25 PM

depending on how you've physically set you system up and placed your sps, couldn't the 250 be too much light?

just guessing...

Mik_101 · #5 06-19-2008, 03:49 PM

I would cut dwn on feeding the fish to about very 2 days or once a day but with light feedings just berly enough for the fish.
What do you curently use from zeo?

michika · #6 06-19-2008, 03:53 PM

I don't think you have too much light, but I want to explore your lighting a bit further. Do you supplement your MH with anything? Do you know the details of your bulb? Sometimes bulbs that are a bit on the yellow side have been known to cause browning for me.

Do you have any photos of your browned out stuff?

Marlin65 · #7 06-19-2008, 04:12 PM

I am running a 14.000K bulb no other light and it is 2 months old.
I only have frags no bigger pieces and the two that are browning are both acros I think.
I will try to post some pictures later.
All my frags are about 10" away from the light.
I did have a cats paw the pink one start bleaching on me but it is recovering in the btm of the tank.
The rest of my stuff is really growing and has lots of color. It seems to be just the two pieces. One is a tri color and the other was kind of brown when I got it but had blue tips that are now browning a bit.
I don't run a phosphate reactor though.
Right now I am about to move things to a larger stand and adding a bigger refugium to be mounted to the top. I still like my sand and want lots in my fuge, but if I need to make a change now would be a good time.
I also have a few clams so the Zoe-vit is probably not the way to go for me.
I don't use any of the product now as I don't know enough about it, but thought it might help a bit with my color.

Marlin65 · #8 06-19-2008, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whatigot

depending on how you've physically set you system up and placed your sps, couldn't the 250 be too much light?

just guessing...

Whould this make them go brown?

michika · #9 06-19-2008, 04:16 PM

I'll wait for your photos to see if anything jumps out.

Some frags though just don't look the same in their parent system as they do in yours, just a fact of life.

Do you feed your clams something specific? I know you said that your feeding levels and amounts are somewhat dictated because you want to keep your clams healthy and happy.

Marlin65 · #10 06-19-2008, 04:45 PM

That might very well be the case I will take some pics tonight.
I feed my clams some powder that you mix with water not to sure what it is called. Also feed the green phyto food not everyday though only 3x a week. I have a blue spot jaw fish and two black clowns, and a clown gobie.
I have been feeding daily as I wanted to make sure my blue spot is getting enough to recover from his trip. I just got him about a week ago.
Thanks for everyone input.