If you consider the amount and or type of lighting to use on a reef aquarium
or an explanation of xooanthellae and its role in coloration of coral common
sense, then you are a much smarter person than I am.
Shane
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> Not to be insulting or anything but seems like a little bit of common
> sense.
> I feel that a majority of people overkill their lighting systems. The
> coloration and exapansion is related to the intensity of lighting and how
> much energy the zooxanthellae is getting. With less light, the corals will
>
> expand more to increase the surface area of tissue that contains
> zooxanthellae. Water current will reduce expansion on some corals such as
> lps. The coloration of corals is because of the chlorophyll contained
> within
> the zooxanthellae or uv protection pigments. With less light each cell of
> zooxanthellae is contributing a lower amount of energy. So if the corals
> are
> recieving alot of light, they can get away with lower population density
> of
> zooxanthellae which is what i think causes the washed out colors. When the
>
> light has been reduced, to achieve the same amount of energy they need to
> increase the population of zooxanthellae. Granted this is a theory of my
> own
> and am far from an expert. I feel there is a fine line between the perfect
>
> mix of light intensity and too much intensity. The perfect balance would
> produce corals with excellent coloration and expansion. Dont quote me on
> this, it has just been an observation of mine as iv moved different corals
>
> from different types of lighting, and as far as iv seen, I have nicer
> looking
> corals with less then recommended lighting.
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