Getting my Candy Cane to Colour up?

Eb0la11 · #1 03-22-2010, 11:08 PM

Ok so I moved around quite a bit of my rockwork today in order to better accommodate my candy cane. I think he's in a better spot now, but we'll see how he responds.

I made it so he doesnt have as much direct MH lighting. He probably still gets a little bit, but not nearly as much. Some of it is diffused from my glass bracing which he sits under and the other one he has a higher rock ledge blocking a bit of it, but not all. Should be better conditions for him.

Zoaelite · #2 03-23-2010, 12:00 AM

Sometimes coral isn't bright and amazing, stop being a coral racist and love all your coral the same

. If it isn't brown by default you can try target feeding and keeping your levels constant, this might help.
Levi

Eb0la11 · #3 03-23-2010, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by zoaElite

Sometimes coral isn't bright and amazing, stop being a coral racist and love all your coral the same

. If it isn't brown by default you can try target feeding and keeping your levels constant, this might help.
Levi

Im working on keeping my levels constant. Been dosing for about two months now but so far I havent gotten levels up to where I want them to be. I might be wrong but I have a feeling some of my dosages are precipitating out.

Ive been manually adding it by the teaspoon to top off water, mixing it, then dumping it in. I add baking soda first, then calcium.

Magnesium levels seem ok for the most part, but doing this, my other two levels sort of climb, but not as much as Id expect them to.

Whats the best way to dose with accuracy on a budget?

cuz · #4 03-23-2010, 01:09 AM

i"ve got a colony 10" below a 250w mh and they are full of color and growing good. I don't think i have a head under the size of a toonie!!

Eb0la11 · #5 03-23-2010, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by cuz

i"ve got a colony 10" below a 250w mh and they are full of color and growing good. I don't think i have a head under the size of a toonie!!

How far from the MHs are they and are they subject to direct MH light? No diffusing through glass or what not?

cuz · #6 03-23-2010, 02:42 AM

right under a 250w mh, 10-12" below. bulbs a 20k tho, open top.there starting to really get moving now. for awhile they were just getting wider and wider, now they are pinching together in the middle forming new heads every month!!

Eb0la11 · #7 03-23-2010, 04:29 AM

Hmmmm that makes me wonder, cause mine are 10K. Odd.... Now Im more confused because mine was in a very similar spot.