My Lighting Spectrum??

[ScubaSteve]

Alright, I'm probably going to take wrath from people here saying this but... MH bulbs DO NOT change much over their lifetime. Ok, so maybe there is a slight decrease in output but it is minimal. I use MH consistenly in my reseach and I have to calibrate the lamp every week; no change over the past year. Your flourescents will die overtime but not that much in 4.5 months.

Your problem seems like params OR you have some chemical warfare going on. When you say the candy cane has no colour, does it looked bleached? More importantly, is it receding? What else is hangin' out in that tank?

[Eb0la11]

Well, we got a few corals doing well and then some that are not really at all.

Doing ok/well:
Frogspawn
Favia
Red Montipora
Green Digitata
Green Star Polyps
Green Bubble Tip Anenome (no where near any corals)

Doing Poor:
Candy Cane
Birds Nest
Hammer Coral
Pulsing Xenia
Colt Coral
Green Montipora Cap
Red Montipora Cap

Thoughts? No corals are really that close to each other, most are still pretty small in size too.

The Candy cane does look white, but I am inexperienced and dont know if it looks like its receding. It opens up at night no problem.

Thanks for the help guys!

[Eb0la11]

Any more thoughts?

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Eb0la11

Well, we got a few corals doing well and then some that are not really at all.

Doing ok/well:
Frogspawn
Favia
Red Montipora
Green Digitata
Green Star Polyps
Green Bubble Tip Anenome (no where near any corals)

Doing Poor:
Candy Cane
Birds Nest
Hammer Coral
Pulsing Xenia
Colt Coral
Green Montipora Cap
Red Montipora Cap

Thoughts? No corals are really that close to each other, most are still pretty small in size too.

The Candy cane does look white, but I am inexperienced and dont know if it looks like its receding. It opens up at night no problem.

Thanks for the help guys!

How big are the colt and xenia?.....leathers are the worst for chemical warfare....that could be something to think about......are you running carbon?