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Wally.B · 10/14/2015, 08:58 PM

So I coming to a hypothesis (It's my Lighting, and then a one-two punch with the Amphipods)

I dipped the dwlinding Acan in both dips, and decide not to put back in tank.

It went into Sump with almost recovered Zoa's.

Just a few hours, under the super low LED Sump Light, and he POPPED back to life. (Dips may have helped).

So my Kessil light is too strong (over 40% for Acan, and Zoa's).
(They get light damaged and along come the Amphipod to pick a the damaged, receding Acan, and possibly same reason for Zoa's.)

Maybe I didn't need the Hawkfish at all. Hey I like him a lot, he's a keeper, and my first on only fish for now.

So I'm going to now have to figure out better Light Senstive Coral placements, and a real slow ramp up test of the Kessil/T5 Lighting. (And figure out the limit). Then try to make the other LPS corals happy too, with more lighting by better Upper Placements.

I learned a lot, and still am learning.

Thanks for everyone's helps.

I'll post more progress on the Zoa's if I manage to get them into my tank and prosper.

10/14/2015, 08:58 PM	#40
Wally.B Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Toronto GTA,Canada Posts: 1,763	So I coming to a hypothesis (It's my Lighting, and then a one-two punch with the Amphipods) I dipped the dwlinding Acan in both dips, and decide not to put back in tank. It went into Sump with almost recovered Zoa's. Just a few hours, under the super low LED Sump Light, and he POPPED back to life. (Dips may have helped). So my Kessil light is too strong (over 40% for Acan, and Zoa's). (They get light damaged and along come the Amphipod to pick a the damaged, receding Acan, and possibly same reason for Zoa's.) Maybe I didn't need the Hawkfish at all. Hey I like him a lot, he's a keeper, and my first on only fish for now. So I'm going to now have to figure out better Light Senstive Coral placements, and a real slow ramp up test of the Kessil/T5 Lighting. (And figure out the limit). Then try to make the other LPS corals happy too, with more lighting by better Upper Placements. I learned a lot, and still am learning. Thanks for everyone's helps. I'll post more progress on the Zoa's if I manage to get them into my tank and prosper. Last edited by Wally.B; 09/06/2017 at 07:56 AM.