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[reefermadness]

I would say to drop your daylights down to 5 or 6hrs (temporayily but maybe 7-8 after colours come back).....keep your actinic period 11 or 12 that is fine. If you think you have a low fish load and dont feed much, well you can up those....possibly significantly. Also Amino Acids might help till you get things back in order.

**edit** bio-pellets is another clue...you need to feed a lot more after your biopellets get working. Sounds like you have both problems....too long of a photo period and too low nutrient/bioload/feedings.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

....too long of a photo period and too low nutrient/bioload/feedings.

Ya, that's my guess too.

[FitoPharmer]

New bulbs could help, or make the problem worse.

If your bulbs are old, and/or you were running them for longer then normal, that could cause a bleaching problem.

New bulbs will be brighter. With little zooxanthellea left to protect them from light damage it could cause them to give up the ghost. If you do get new bulbs, you might want to reduce your light cycle even more, or raise your fixture up until their color starts to return, then slowly go back to normal.