AI vega settings

[Rwc]

Just wondering what percentages you guys are running them at. I've been using them on my current setup for a year now and have great sps growth but kinda feel the colors are slightly drab.

 

[Rwc]

 

[Zippy69]

Jesus stag looks pretty good to me.

 

[Rwc]

Growth on that one has been insane. The colors don't pop to me tho the garf bonsai I got from you has more of a brown than a purple but great growth

 

[Hockeynut]

I have Vegas also and have been running them for about a year and a half and have always felt like the colors could be better. Of course water chemistry has a lot to do with color. My tank used to be to clean 0 phosphate 0 nitrate and this could have been the problem. Now I still have phosphate that reads 0 but my nitrate is 5
I'm waiting to see if my colors get better. If they don't in another month or so I will be switching to MH or t5 vega combo.
My lights are
White 60%
All blues 100%
Red and green 25%
They ramp up and down 3 hrs
And go on at 11 am and off at 7 pm
What are you running at? And what are your water parms?

 

[Rwc]

White 50%
Red 20%
Green 20%
Blue 85%
Deep blue 75%
Royal blue 75%
2 hour ramp 8 am to 8 pm
Zero nitrate zero phosphate

 

[Hockeynut]

I think your water is to sterile like mine was not enough nutrients for the coral to color up. I started the system dr Jim uses about a month ago I can't remember the name maybe someone will chime in with it. My nitrates went up a little and I'm waiting to see how the coral will react.

 

[Rwc]

I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. I only feed once a week,I'm trying to get more in the rhythm of using reef chili 2x a week. I backed off a bit since I was using microvert on my last setup which is like liquid tank pollutant. I have a relatively low bio load on the tank royal gramma,pair of clowns ,couple jawfish,algae blenny,six line wrasse ,and a prawn goby in a 90 gallon

 

[Hockeynut]

I think I have 15 fish in my 90
I feed two times a day
I do 12 gallon wc a week

 

[Rwc]

Def nutrient deficient on my end I guess

 

[mrehfeld]

I think your water is to sterile like mine was not enough nutrients for the coral to color up. I started the system dr Jim uses about a month ago I can't remember the name maybe someone will chime in with it. My nitrates went up a little and I'm waiting to see how the coral will react.

zeovit korallen zucht?

 

[saltkreep88]

Do either of you dose aminos? My colors got better after starting seachem fuel.

 

[Hockeynut]

Amino is part of the zeovit system, but like I posted earlier I have only been using it for a month I'm going to give it a little more time.

 

[Rwc]

I've on and off been adding redsea color program , good polyp extension

 

[Timkatz71]

I was running the vega colors on a 3'x2'x30" when I switched to a 6' tank I added 3 sol whites, color seemed to drown out more, now I am running 3 sol blues and 2 vega colors, very happy with color now. I think my white only is set to a max of about 40% where blues and darker blues are closer to 60% current tank water level is 31" deep. Still running a pair of Vegas on the other tank but not many coral in it.
I'm hosting this months meeting, come by and take a look.