hello

[tra_w]

my corals. Candy cane and kenya my kenyas have looked like this for over a month now any have any ideas as to what i can do for them lights and params are all good they are just not happy my zoas and candy canes are so why wouldnt the kenya be ?

 

[chichimom79]

What are the parameters? What kind of flow and lighting do you have?

 

[tra_w]

salenity is 1.026
nitrites and nitrate are 0
alk 300-350
ph 8.4
lights are 10000k and antinic 420

 

[tra_w]

i baby this tank so i dont know whats going on with the kenyas they just hate me i guess...lol

 

[cvcdrk]

The candy cane looks bleached to hell. :-(

 

[Ted]

Are the lights t5? How many bulbs are you running?

 

[tra_w]

its not bleached its just the pic it is pink and green. flouecent green when just the atinic lights on. No its not t5 they are t8 but its a 10000k i just have a 20gal tank so it should be fine.

 

[grozier]

how old are the bulbs?

 

[little_fish]

I would say the lights are your culprit

 

[Ted]

10k just tells you the spectrum...how many watts are the lights? Like said above how old are the bulbs? For florescent lighting you would want to be in the 4 watt per gallon range so a 20 gallon you need at least 80 watts of lighting..if this is a two bulb rig then thats more then likely only 40 watts...20 watts in 10k and 20 in actinic. I am assuming this is a 24 inch wide tank...A 4 bulb t5 set up would give you 96 watts and lunar lights something like this would work really well for those corals and doesnt cost much. Odyssea T5 Aquarium Lighting :twocents:

 

[tra_w]

i just bought the bulbs tuesday so i am giving a little time to see if they come out of this stage ok going buy what you have said i do have enough wattage lol i have five lights all together but i have another fixture that i can put to use too if i need to

 

[tra_w]

my zoas i started with 2 polyps and now i have 3

 

[tra_w]

well my kenyas finally have started opening so i guess the new bulbs i got a couple weeks ago have started doing the job they needed too.