290G Peninsula Tank

[H2o2]

I have also read that the purples don't do well under leds and that's why I added those T5s and turned down my Sunbrite and I am starting to see more purple coming now and I wanted to be your 600th posts :-)

[mseepman]

All the way from Costa Rica Harry? Hope you're having fun.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by mseepman

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.

[mseepman]

Originally Posted by H2o2

I have also read that the purples don't do well under leds and that's why I added those T5s and turned down my Sunbrite and I am starting to see more purple coming now and I wanted to be your 600th posts :-)

After seeing Richards tank with the mix of led with a little t5, I added two Fiji purple t5 bulbs to the fixture. They have been on there about 45 days now. I have been running them when only a few rows of my LEDs are on and then off when the fixture really wakes up in the afternoon/evening. I figure if there is some spectrum that I'm missing then this might hit it.

I have a feeling that the aminos from the reefbooster might change things up so I will slowly add this back into the mix.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mseepman

After seeing Richards tank with the mix of led with a little t5, I added two Fiji purple t5 bulbs to the fixture. They have been on there about 45 days now.

That should be long enough to see a difference if you were going to. See anything? I notice in your photos it looks like your green Monti Cap used to have a purple rim, but doesn't anymore...? What color is the rim on the green Monti Cap I sent you? The rim is blue in my tank.

[mseepman]

The rim is White on the cap you sent me Mindy. I also gave Nick a piece of that green with purple rim....and I saw his yesterday...nice purple rim. Mine, white....

[H2o2]

I use this stuff and so does Kelly and you have seen my blue ZEOvit Potassium Iodide Fluoride Concentrates it s the reds I am of my forest fire that I am going after now

[mseepman]

A quick update on the tank. Things are progressing slowly. My colors are still not where they should be but I'm working on it. Haven't got my full dosing setup done yet but soon.

Had a bout with Red bugs...but treated and got rid of the problem...corals are much happier now.

Here are a few pics.

[reefwars]

Hey Mark how many fish do you have can't help but notice in the pics few fish so pretty low bioload?

[mseepman]

I've got 4 tangs, 12 cardinals, 2 Chromis, 7 wrasses, 1 dottyback and 1 blennie, 1 large sandsifting gobie. I always thought it wasn't too low as the tangs can get pretty sizeable (as can the amount of crap i see them pumping out)...is that particularly low?