rose BTA coloring

goldy26 · 10/04/2013, 09:44 PM

so my rose BTA (might be a rainbow since it's got green, red, and some pink/purple on the tips) has lost some of it's vivid coloring from when i first got it. it's turned more to a tan-red and i was wondering if there was any way to reverse this to get the coloring back. it's very healthy and actually split a month ago, both are doing very well...except for the coloring of course! any advice/help would be much appreciated, thanks!

tatuaje08 · 10/04/2013, 10:39 PM

They will sometimes change color due to changes in lighting or water conditions. In most cases there is nothing you can do.

sjwitt · 10/05/2013, 06:49 AM

What lighting do you have?

cet98 · 10/05/2013, 07:37 AM

lighting is definately a factor in coloring, however, water conditions also play a part in color...you state your nem is healthy and then split...spliting can be caused by stress and unhealthy water conditions....

how old is your system, what type of lighting and what are your water parameters?

goldy26 · 10/05/2013, 10:21 AM

i check the water parameters weekly and they are always right where they should be with the occasional drop in Ca (to about 390). my lights are Eco Tech Marine's Radion XR30w. and i bought the tank from someone who gave me everything (rock, sand, water, pumps, filtration, sump, stands, tank) and he had it running for a couple years (he said). it's been running with me for 6 months now. i do water changes 2x/month and i feed them 2-3x/week with krill. also the tank is a 60g tank, i don't think i mentioned that the first time.

goldy26 · 10/05/2013, 10:27 AM

i'm a space case sometimes, completely forgot! with regards to water quality...i said my Ca is usually the one that drops a tiny bit, my frickin' pH is NEVER above 8.0, for the most part it's at 7.8. i've tried major water changes and adding buffers. i don't know if that might have something to do with it, but forgot to mention that in the post above.

cet98 · 10/05/2013, 05:00 PM

if your running a skimmer, is there anyway to have the air line intake pull in outside air? (like thru a window?) I had a real hard time with my pH years ago staying over 8 as well and someone told me to try that and it worked for me...

SantaMonica · 10/05/2013, 05:46 PM

Might be neat to have a chart of lighting vs. nem colors.

goldy26 · 10/06/2013, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cet98

if your running a skimmer, is there anyway to have the air line intake pull in outside air? (like thru a window?) I had a real hard time with my pH years ago staying over 8 as well and someone told me to try that and it worked for me...

i don't think i could pull from outside a window, it's not exactly that close to anything. i'll look into maybe pulling more air from the room in though?

10/04/2013, 09:44 PM	#1
goldy26 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 33	rose BTA coloring so my rose BTA (might be a rainbow since it's got green, red, and some pink/purple on the tips) has lost some of it's vivid coloring from when i first got it. it's turned more to a tan-red and i was wondering if there was any way to reverse this to get the coloring back. it's very healthy and actually split a month ago, both are doing very well...except for the coloring of course! any advice/help would be much appreciated, thanks!

10/05/2013, 06:49 AM	#3
sjwitt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: USA, East Coast Posts: 896	What lighting do you have? __________________ Lighting = (3) 250W MH, (2) 14K and (1) 20K. (4) 96W Actinic. (1) ECOXOTIC 48in STUNNER 24W Magenta/453NM Blue LED Current Tank Info: 185 g, Mixed Reef. w/ LPS, SPS, Inverts, and Fish. Eight RBTAs and counting.

10/05/2013, 05:46 PM	#8
SantaMonica Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santa Monica, California, USA Posts: 2,511	Might be neat to have a chart of lighting vs. nem colors. __________________ Inventor of the easy-to-DIY upflow scrubber, and also the waterfall scrubber that everyone loves to build: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1424843

10/04/2013, 10:39 PM	#2
tatuaje08 Registered Member. Join Date: May 2013 Location: tempe, az Posts: 867	They will sometimes change color due to changes in lighting or water conditions. In most cases there is nothing you can do.

10/05/2013, 07:37 AM	#4
cet98 "feed ur reef...feed it!" Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: in a van...down by the river Posts: 3,254	lighting is definately a factor in coloring, however, water conditions also play a part in color...you state your nem is healthy and then split...spliting can be caused by stress and unhealthy water conditions.... how old is your system, what type of lighting and what are your water parameters?

10/05/2013, 10:21 AM	#5
goldy26 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 33	i check the water parameters weekly and they are always right where they should be with the occasional drop in Ca (to about 390). my lights are Eco Tech Marine's Radion XR30w. and i bought the tank from someone who gave me everything (rock, sand, water, pumps, filtration, sump, stands, tank) and he had it running for a couple years (he said). it's been running with me for 6 months now. i do water changes 2x/month and i feed them 2-3x/week with krill. also the tank is a 60g tank, i don't think i mentioned that the first time.

10/05/2013, 10:27 AM	#6
goldy26 Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 33	i'm a space case sometimes, completely forgot! with regards to water quality...i said my Ca is usually the one that drops a tiny bit, my frickin' pH is NEVER above 8.0, for the most part it's at 7.8. i've tried major water changes and adding buffers. i don't know if that might have something to do with it, but forgot to mention that in the post above.

10/05/2013, 05:00 PM	#7
cet98 "feed ur reef...feed it!" Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: in a van...down by the river Posts: 3,254	if your running a skimmer, is there anyway to have the air line intake pull in outside air? (like thru a window?) I had a real hard time with my pH years ago staying over 8 as well and someone told me to try that and it worked for me...