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Old 10-10-2014, 03:53 AM
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up the fish load and feedings if you can , lots of small schooling fish they eat lots of food and provide lots of nutrients. The nicest stocked sps tanks always seem to have a goof supply of fish load.

Colors are mostly related to lighting and nutrients , maybe a color change in lighting will help too.
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Old 10-10-2014, 03:56 AM
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You can test for potassium although most foods are loaded with it , but in carbon dosed system it can tend to get a bit low.
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Dosing K in my tank never made any difference in anything other than my wallet I do feed very heavy though, pellets 4 or 5 times /day, mysis twice a week and a sheet of nori daily.
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up the fish load and feedings if you can , lots of small schooling fish they eat lots of food and provide lots of nutrients. The nicest stocked sps tanks always seem to have a goof supply of fish load.

Colors are mostly related to lighting and nutrients , maybe a color change in lighting will help too.
I've always been an advocate for goof fish loads
Honestly though, when my corals started bleaching, I backed my lighting off, added more fish, upped fish feedings, and then slowly ramped the lights back up
This eventually brought my corals back to life

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Dosing K in my tank never made any difference in anything other than my wallet I do feed very heavy though, pellets 4 or 5 times /day, mysis twice a week and a sheet of nori daily.
I feed pellets twice daily, and a seafood mix nightly
Nori I feed a couple times/week as I only have wrasses. But I suppose I should give them more, for the veggie experience
I also feed some flakes a couple times/week. A mix of meat and veggie stuff
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Feed a bit more. Since you are using zeo stuff have you may also want to consider aminos or pohls Xtra? K and b balance help but for now I woould go with aminos or pohls Xtra first ( you could consider coral vitalizer as well).
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I do dose aa, vc and xtra. I upd feeding to 2x and took a hour off of light schedule
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I do dose aa, vc and xtra. I upd feeding to 2x and took a hour off of light schedule
Hmmm... Well u got me stumped.... Any chances they are premium RR pieces?
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Hmmm... Well u got me stumped.... Any chances they are premium RR pieces?
Lol im hoping the xtra food helps and I do have a couple rr pieces that are nice though not rr nice Haha..
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