bleaching or changing..

[unit15]

Ok so about three weeks ago I purchased a small colony of sps. When I bought it it was brown tbut my lfs said it was wild collected to it will change to a different color under your lights. Well its doinng something but I can't tell if its bleaching or changing lol.

The ends are getting lighter but more of a pinkish blue, not white and the polyps are sill opening... her is the best pics I can get

 

[unit15]

Also I only light acclimated it for about three days and its placed mid tank... its been there so long I don't think it would be worth putting back down at the bottom right?

Also params,
Alk 8 dkh
Cal 420
Mag 1400
Sal 1.026
Nitrates 0
Nitrite 0
Ph 8.1
Phosphate 0.00000000.00
Amonia 0

 

[trueblackpercula]

It looks like a flow issue to me. Also do you have any Pygmy angelfish?

 

[unit15]

Too much or too little?? I have my power head on low because I thought it was blasted ing the tank. I had a flame angel for the first week I owned this coral but the flame died.. along... with.. all ... my... other... fish...

 

[jcdeng]

from last picture looks like is browning, maybe those were the shaded areas. what is your phosphate lvl and since all your fish died you are not feeding your tank? I think you should still feed your corals with something that can suspend in the water column.
Also if its browning then you have to more it closer to light.

 

[jda]

Wild colonies can be very hard and some never live. It just might be that...

I think that it is getting too much bad light from the white LEDs. What do you have them set at?

 

[unit15]

Its the oposite, its turning from brown to this color and I'm trying figure out if its change ing in a good way or a bad way.. like gaining the color it would lack in the wild because it was harrvested. The lfs told me straight up it will change but we just got them so we don't know wat color yet.

And I am the guy with the syringe target feeding all my corals with phytoplankton and oyster eggs

 

[unit15]

Phosphate are .00000000

The white led is at 30percent and blues at 100 percent on an 8 hour cycle

 

[rogerwilco357]

looks good but the tight polyps are an indicator its not happy like someone in the tank is picking at it...if that was brown and now showing good color your on the right road now to get the full polyp extension to seal the deal post more pics as it progresses .
Roger

 

[reefmutt]

I agree with roger.
Looks healthy to me..
Looks like a stylophora or poccilopora, rather than acro..
They usually go from brown to hot pink with more polyp extension, when happy..