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Chiefmcfuz
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Today
2/26/06
Does it look ok? Kinda looks more brown today than last week. I have it middle-high in tank near powerhead but not directly in front for Mod flow.
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Today
2/26/06
Does it look ok? Kinda looks more brown today than last week. I have it middle-high in tank near powerhead but not directly in front for Mod flow.
- Location
- Howell, NJ
how long ago did u get it?
what kind of lighting do you have?
what are your parameters?
do you have other sps and how are they doing.. other corals...
what kind of lighting do you have?
what are your parameters?
do you have other sps and how are they doing.. other corals...
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- 11756
It's just browned out from the looks of it.
What kind of lighting do you have it under?
Mod-flow means different things to everyone. What someone calls mod flow someone else might call a dead spot.
It could be from the change coming from Davids tank or it could be too much nutrients in your water. Being a green slimer this thing should be hardy as hardy comes, although I'm having trouble keeping the little thing alive.
Keep an eye on it, if its gets any browner it could be nutrients or even nitrate(was my problem I think). If you start seeing the recession or bleaching of tissue something is the tank is astray.
-Kris
What kind of lighting do you have it under?
Mod-flow means different things to everyone. What someone calls mod flow someone else might call a dead spot.
It could be from the change coming from Davids tank or it could be too much nutrients in your water. Being a green slimer this thing should be hardy as hardy comes, although I'm having trouble keeping the little thing alive.
Keep an eye on it, if its gets any browner it could be nutrients or even nitrate(was my problem I think). If you start seeing the recession or bleaching of tissue something is the tank is astray.
-Kris
PC lighting it's about 9 inches from the surface 1 65w 10k and 1 65w actinic. It's near a aquaclear 50 with a hydro rotating water deflector on it. Got it on 2/25 ferom dace. No other SPS in tank just this one.
All water parameters are ok. Never had sps before.
All water parameters are ok. Never had sps before.
- Location
- 11756
Lighting is really low for this piece 
. It could survive it most likely will just stay brown, growth would probably be minimal too. If you could move it closer to the light it would probably be an improvement for it.
Since params are ok, all you can do is wait and see if it changes back.
-Kris
. It could survive it most likely will just stay brown, growth would probably be minimal too. If you could move it closer to the light it would probably be an improvement for it. Since params are ok, all you can do is wait and see if it changes back
.-Kris
- Location
- NY
I agree with Kris. Lighting is on the weak side.
master
BTW, I like your school of chromises.
master
BTW, I like your school of chromises.
Well i guess it's my fault. I should be like Montipora and disclaim that you have to have proper lighting for corals i sell. I know that green slimers are hardy as hell, but i've never been a believer of sps corals under anything but MH. It definately looks browned out. sorry.Chiefmcfuz said:
Today
2/26/06
Does it look ok? Kinda looks more brown today than last week. I have it middle-high in tank near powerhead but not directly in front for Mod flow.
- Location
- Flushing, NY
All my SPS are growing great with T5's.
But yes, as said before, the PC's are on the weak side and it will likely stay brown in that lighting.
But yes, as said before, the PC's are on the weak side and it will likely stay brown in that lighting.
- Location
- NY
I've got mine under T-5's as well. The colors are not as vibrant as Rich's (Jackson) or your Dace, but they aren't bad by any stretch of the imagination.
Russ
Russ
- Location
- East Patchogue - Suffolk, NY
My piece was doing well....it was getting some sunlight......but along came my neon damsel and nipped once so I thought nothing of it, the next days it was white and green I don't think it had a chance to turn brown.....I didn't know damsel fish ate corals:eat: ...long story short it's now white as some would say ded = :knockedou
- Location
- NY
It could easily still live. What is happening is the symbiotic algae, zooxanthelae (sp?) is being starved for light. The way corals get their color is from the zoox coloring up from the light. When you don't have sufficient light, the zoox don't retain their color, but the coral can still live, not happily though.
Believe me, that's the Readers Digest Condensed version :cheers:
master
Believe me, that's the Readers Digest Condensed version :cheers:
master
:scratch: I thought that zoox is naturally brown and will multiply rapidly (brown coral) under 2 conditions: (1) when there's too much light, the zoox's color begins to overshadow the coral's natural color. In this case, the coral may expel the growing zoox population to prevent it from overloading the coral with "energy" or (2) when there's too many nutrients feeding the zoox in the absence of sufficient light, the zoox population will grow, again hiding the coral's true color.masterswimmer said:
I guess I better go research some of the threads we have in the Advanced Forum on this topic.
Dean
- Location
- NY
Deanos said:
LMAO, me too. I know it has something to do with the zoox :eek1:
Russ
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