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Old 01-20-2017, 02:41 PM
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Oh and my tank is 75g
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Old 01-20-2017, 05:00 PM
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Hmm, that's a lot of light over a 75-gallon. Which fixutre are you using? What type of corals are bleaching? Did the bleaching start after you replaced the Blue Plus bulbs?
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Old 01-20-2017, 07:09 PM
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I'm using a tek t5 fixture, my colors have always been pale. The corals don't look bleached just pale. A few of them are bleached and are recovering
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Old 01-20-2017, 07:21 PM
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This is typical of a low nutrient tank syndrome, if you add a few more fish and up the feedings there will be more food for the corals, IMO if you have changed the bulbs recently then the par on the new bulbs are too strong, for the time being I would keep up with waterchanges, feed more add more fish and perhaps only run the 2 blue plus and leave the rest off. Running all your lights will bleached the corals and basically nuke the bleached corals further. Do you get any sunlight or daylight in your home? If so that will help abit. Looking forward to some pics to see what state the corals are in.
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Old 01-21-2017, 12:23 AM
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I bet you need to add nutrients. I use pohls xtra special and zeofood7 for nitrate and phos. I have a very small bioload in my tanks and need to add nutrients for my corals.
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Old 01-21-2017, 12:53 AM
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I'm trying to upload pics but its not working for what ever reason
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Old 01-21-2017, 01:04 AM
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Here are some pics, I don't know how to get the camera not to take them so blue, the corals look better in person

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Old 01-21-2017, 04:29 AM
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My thought, just add more food and raise your light up a little, maybe 6inch.
When I ran ULNS, I dosed KZ Coral Vitalizer, Amino, and Xtra.
The easiest way and cheapest is just to add more fish, and feed your fish.

Or you can just dose NO3. All you need is a trace amount in the tank.
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