Hi All,
I recently set up a nano reef tank (a Biocube 29 HQI). The tank is 4 months old. This is not my first reef tank nor is it my first nano reef tank but I'm having an interesting problem that I haven't experienced before and I'm hoping to get your thoughts.
The colour on my SPS is dull, pale, brown, etc. They were beautiful bright frags when I bought them and within days of keeping them in my tank they lose their colour.
Check out these photos below to see a purple Monti cap the day I bought it compared to 3 weeks in my tank.
They don't just get paler but they also look more brown and dull. My lighting is a 150W Phoenix 14k metal halide and my water parameters are below.
Alkalinity: 7.3 dKH (very stable)
Calcium: 410 ppm
Magnesium: 1350 ppm
Nitrate: undetectable (Red Sea)
Phosphate: undetectable (Hannah)
Do you think this is just a symptom of coral starvation due to my low nutrients and lack of amino dosing?
I feed frozen food every day (not much) and reef roids 2x per week. I have a ton of flow, maybe too much but it's random and not direct on any corals.
Thanks in advance for your time!
I recently set up a nano reef tank (a Biocube 29 HQI). The tank is 4 months old. This is not my first reef tank nor is it my first nano reef tank but I'm having an interesting problem that I haven't experienced before and I'm hoping to get your thoughts.
The colour on my SPS is dull, pale, brown, etc. They were beautiful bright frags when I bought them and within days of keeping them in my tank they lose their colour.
Check out these photos below to see a purple Monti cap the day I bought it compared to 3 weeks in my tank.
They don't just get paler but they also look more brown and dull. My lighting is a 150W Phoenix 14k metal halide and my water parameters are below.
Alkalinity: 7.3 dKH (very stable)
Calcium: 410 ppm
Magnesium: 1350 ppm
Nitrate: undetectable (Red Sea)
Phosphate: undetectable (Hannah)
Do you think this is just a symptom of coral starvation due to my low nutrients and lack of amino dosing?
I feed frozen food every day (not much) and reef roids 2x per week. I have a ton of flow, maybe too much but it's random and not direct on any corals.
Thanks in advance for your time!