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Old 08-16-2006, 01:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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hey guys been a while since ive posted...been busy with work...but anyways i had a question for any of our sps experts....my question is why are all my acro frags turning green? when purchased they were diffrent color...i have a red mille...a baby blue mille and a pinkish purpleish stag....?


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The 20K MH is too blue so you might want to replace that with a 10K and run true blue VHO actinics. How much light do you give a day?


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The 20K MH is too blue so you might want to replace that with a 10K and run true blue VHO actinics. How much light do you give a day?
Good advice.
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I would check your alkalinity, there have been some studies done that show a low alk level will cause sps to brown out or lose color.

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