CALLING ALL REEF KEEPERS (help needed)

ibill1971 · 01/02/2010, 09:54 AM

Happy New Year all,

Here is my issue. My hard corals are turning from their natural colors to a pale white color. This started about 1 month ago.

My stats are as follows

PH 8.4
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Phos 0
Alkalinty 4.9 Meg
Cal 400
Mag 1300
Amoni .0 to 05

I started to dose with vodka about the same time they went pale. I was doing 1mm in the morning and 1mm at night.

I have stopped the dosing due to this.

The size is 450G and i have 3 400W MH. Never had this issue before.

Is there anything I can do to correct this and bring back the natural colors?

Thanks

Playa-1 · 01/02/2010, 11:15 AM

Why were you dosing Vodka?

nivram · 01/02/2010, 11:23 AM

It might be your carbon dosing. Check the sps forum for similar post.

ibill1971 · 01/02/2010, 11:25 AM

people said dosing vodka will bring out the true colors

01/02/2010, 09:54 AM	#1
ibill1971 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 104	CALLING ALL REEF KEEPERS (help needed) Happy New Year all, Here is my issue. My hard corals are turning from their natural colors to a pale white color. This started about 1 month ago. My stats are as follows PH 8.4 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Phos 0 Alkalinty 4.9 Meg Cal 400 Mag 1300 Amoni .0 to 05 I started to dose with vodka about the same time they went pale. I was doing 1mm in the morning and 1mm at night. I have stopped the dosing due to this. The size is 450G and i have 3 400W MH. Never had this issue before. Is there anything I can do to correct this and bring back the natural colors? Thanks

01/02/2010, 11:15 AM	#2
Playa-1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 7,497	Why were you dosing Vodka?

01/02/2010, 11:23 AM	#3
nivram Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: S. FL Posts: 6,194	It might be your carbon dosing. Check the sps forum for similar post.

01/02/2010, 11:25 AM	#4
ibill1971 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 104	people said dosing vodka will bring out the true colors