candy canes

tgoeujon · #1 04-11-2008, 05:09 AM

i recently changed from T-5 lighting to PC and it might be coincidence but my candy canes are losing there color. they are still eating well and are fat but have gone from pink to bright white. would it be the lights? any thoughts how to fix things

Myka · #2 04-11-2008, 02:32 PM

They are losing their color because you went to a lesser light. Can you give more information about the wattage of the T5s you were using, and how many vs the PCs you're now using?

bv_reefer · #3 04-11-2008, 04:17 PM

couldn't it just be a color morph from a change of K in the pc's from the t5's, if the pc's are more white than wouldn't you get less green fluorescence from green corals?

Myka · #4 04-12-2008, 04:20 AM

Ya, but he said they are losing color. So I assume he means that the color loss is progressing. My guess is that the PCs aren't strong enough for the Candy Canes to thrive.

tgoeujon · #5 04-12-2008, 04:55 AM

im going to try adding a T5 set up to my PC and see if that helps. hopefully ill have something good to report soon

bv_reefer · #6 04-12-2008, 05:31 AM

what wattage were the t5's? consider a couple other things, did you change anything other than lighting? flow, tank placement, ?