only monti caps survive

Das awesome · 03/31/2013, 02:42 PM

Hey guys,
I'm not sure which forum to put this in, but just recently I got an ecoray par38 bulb for my biocube 14g. The guy at the lfs told me that I would be able to keep sps with this bulb, but so far, only monti caps are thriving. Any other type of sps I keep slowly loses it's colors and dies. I have the bulb pretty far from the tank, almost 2 feet above b/c that's the only way I could get the light to cover the entire tank. I do once, sometimes twice a week water changes. Nitrates are undetectable, alk is at 10dKH and calcium is around 420.

How come I can't keep any sps alive besides monti caps?

asid61 · 03/31/2013, 06:47 PM

Just one par38 over a 14g seems a tad weak. Try supplementing with another bulb or gu10 bulbs.

03/31/2013, 02:42 PM	#1
Das awesome Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 322	only monti caps survive Hey guys, I'm not sure which forum to put this in, but just recently I got an ecoray par38 bulb for my biocube 14g. The guy at the lfs told me that I would be able to keep sps with this bulb, but so far, only monti caps are thriving. Any other type of sps I keep slowly loses it's colors and dies. I have the bulb pretty far from the tank, almost 2 feet above b/c that's the only way I could get the light to cover the entire tank. I do once, sometimes twice a week water changes. Nitrates are undetectable, alk is at 10dKH and calcium is around 420. How come I can't keep any sps alive besides monti caps?

03/31/2013, 06:47 PM	#2
asid61 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cupertino, CA Posts: 1,111	Just one par38 over a 14g seems a tad weak. Try supplementing with another bulb or gu10 bulbs.