ASD Rainbow Milli Coloration

[Poseidon03]

Anyone ever have a ASD Rainbow Milli be pink rather than that orange/gold? It still looks like a great coral, but I'm surprised I'm not getting the orange. It is still a smaller frag/colony. It is in super high light (10in under an XR30 at 100%) and going through a massive growth spurt.

 

[Wakenbaker420]

I have one but it definitely doesn't have the pink colors. Do you know what par you have yours at?

 

[biecacka]

I have seen some pictures online that have pink in them. Not sure if that helps you or not though.


corey

 

[arafas]

maybe lacking some nitrate? and are you sure its ASD?

 

[90's reefer]

Cool looking!
It does not look like mine did. This is under halides and Orphek blue bars.

I do not have a piece currently under leds but I run xr15 blues.
I run ab+ at full 100%.
Colors are better under reduced blues, imo.
I am going to go to 7hrs full ab+ and run the first 4 at 50% and 100% point for 2hrs each side so 11 total.

 

[Poseidon03]

maybe lacking some nitrate? and are you sure its ASD?

I do run pretty low nitrates. I found this one on the web and it is super similar in coloration. Most I've seen in person looks like @90's reefer@ colony though. I was just curious if anyone else had one that did this.

 

[Poseidon03]

I have one but it definitely doesn't have the pink colors. Do you know what par you have yours at?

I am not sure on the par level. I was planning on mapping out my par levels soonish. There is someone local that is going to let me use his par meter (those things are expensive).

 

[OrionN]

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This is my ASD Rainbow look like under bright daylight. This was prior to my tank crash. I am looking for ASD Rainbow right now to start over. I like my tank under daylight to about 10K

 

[Wakenbaker420]

I am not sure on the par level. I was planning on mapping out my par levels soonish. There is someone local that is going to let me use his par meter (those things are expensive).

They are! I just recently bought a Apogee MQ-510 off a fellow reefer from this marketplace forum. I sent it in for calibration and just got it back. Definitely a fun and expensive toy.

 

[arafas]

I am not sure on the par level. I was planning on mapping out my par levels soonish. There is someone local that is going to let me use his par meter (those things are expensive).

You could try increasing Nitrate slowly to see if it helps. In my case I seen better results with higher nitrates no necessaraly with phosphate though.

 

[mtraylor]

Never seen one that color. They love PAR and flow

 

[Smite]

I feel like there are 2 versions out there. I had one years ago that was like a high def version of a sunset millepora. The frag I'm growing out now is what I originally wanted and is similar to what you described. I think the higher the light, the more of that orange/pink you'll see.

All blue no filter

14k halide plus QuantaPro OG Pop bars from a while back

 

[Troylee]

Mine has went from green to orange and turned red under all blue lighting.. I have it back under metal halides and it’s turning orange again.

 

[Poseidon03]

You could try increasing Nitrate slowly to see if it helps. In my case I seen better results with higher nitrates no necessaraly with phosphate though.

I'm dosing 75ml of neonitro a day and still struggle to get detectable nitrates, hahaha.

 

[arafas]

I'm dosing 75ml of neonitro a day and still struggle to get detectable nitrates, hahaha.

Jesus.

 

[arafas]

I'm dosing 75ml of neonitro a day and still struggle to get detectable nitrates, hahaha.

How many fish in the system?

 

[Jimbo]

They are! I just recently bought a Apogee MQ-510 off a fellow reefer from this marketplace forum. I sent it in for calibration and just got it back. Definitely a fun and expensive toy.

These need calibrated??

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

These need calibrated??

Periodically, yep. Apogee suggests every 2 years with 'regular' use. Had my sq420 calibrated last year as its been used heavily. Only 50 bucks and its worth it imho.

 

[Wakenbaker420]

These need calibrated??

Yes. Every few years. I just wanted peace of mind that it was operating properly since I bought it used. It was only 50$ to send in.

 

[Poseidon03]

How many fish in the system?

Sorry, I got a lot of notifications at once and missed this thread. I have an ok amount of fish:

Very very large bannerfish
Medium mimic tang
2 medium/larger fairy wrasses
Small filefish
Smallish blue tang
Medium sailfin
2 smaller clowns

I feed a ton. I feed 3x per day. 2x pellets with the AFS and then a nice sized chunk of frozen in the evening. It is probably cause I adjusted my lights to be 100% (XR15/Kessil A360/XR30/Kessil A360/XR15), and I have a super large fast growing leather coral. Most of my corals grow fast... Except for the ones I want to (TGC cherry bomb and such). I'll get an updated FTS this evening. I got individual coral shots earlier, lol.