lduncan Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 what does cause the colour in corals?? do they have a melanin type substance? Proteins which fluoresce. Pocilloporine is the one I know off hand, obviously it is pink, and found in pocillopora, and seriatopora's. There are others which show as green and blue etc. I thought that it was desirable to have low nitrate so corals don't suffocate themselves. Never thought it had anything to do with fish. Some soft corals do not produce the proteins which give many hard corals their colour. Lower nitrate will not necessarily mean better looking soft corals. The higher the nitrate, the faster they will grow (the more food the zooxanthealle provide the coral) there is more to it than this, I'll post some more stuff tonight when I have time. A bit busy at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hey guys, what is RTN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hey Reef, thats why I have high KH. Purely for the reason of extremely stable PH. Rapid or quick changes in PH are dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hey Pies, I can never get to your site for some reason! The page just blanks out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Cracker - Its a road to no where. Sorry, am working through getting up as we speak, give it a week, should see some action. Sorry bout that. Pieman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Pies, Whats RTN then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Hey guys, what is RTN? See here http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?p=51857 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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