signs if lighting is enough? feeding?

hello guys!
sorry for the newbie question..
i was just wondering about this...
are there any signs that your lighting is enough for your corals?
i mean if its not enough would the colour change, LPS not expanding enough... etc....
and does weekly feeding of LPS corals healthy? or is it too much???
cheers guys!

 

I would say a weekly feeding works for most cases. I feed rods reef food at nightime so my lps usually get theres. Otherwise I will spot feed them about once a week. Might depend on if you have any hard to keep LPS though.

 

If lighting isn't enough you will see slower growth, browning in SPS and occasionally in certain LPS browning as well. If they are not opening all the way, do you mean expanding feeding tentacles or the polyps don't look fleshy?

What is the lighting, tank size and corals in question?

 

+1....what cha got?

Also, a lot of zoos will react differently to let you know if you have enough light, but they cannot tell you exactly how much they want and they will always adjust over time. Some of my zoos tip their rims up or down when my lighting differs.

 

well its a 55 gallon 18 inch height and 4 t5 bulb... and LPS like (torch,long T plate,frogspawn,hammer,bubble,pearl,goniopora etc... its mostly the easy to moderate LPS....
thanks for the idea about the browning ill keep a look out for that...

 

hey mate...
i spot feed mine every other day... i alternate, its either mysis or brine.... or sometime bloodworms...
anyways.... i notice your keeping SPS with only using 4 T5 bulbs... if you dont mind me asking... what types of SPS are you keeping?
cheers mate

 

if the coral jump out the tank and tell u they're leaving and its not u its them , thats a good way to tell if ur corals a getting enough light