Browned purple deaths.

[jaygalindo]

I just received a nice sized purple death colony that has browned. Any tips on hpw I can bring these back to that deep purple color they are famous for?

 

[aquaph8]

Dont blast em with light, they prefer to be a little shaded.

 

[buy_baff]

+1 they don't like strong light.

 

[jaygalindo]

ok Ill move them and give it time. Thaanks

 

[AMAYEU]

agree .... shade.

 

[tate1]

I agree they need to be shaded to get the deep purple color but before I knew this, mine just turned a very light purple. Is the light too intense because they are turning brown? I ask because I have had the same issues. I moved them and am waiting to see the results.

 

[aquaph8]

In all truth brown probably= healthy. But to get that nice color you have to shade em a bit.
Tate it really depends on what lighting you have. You just dont want them being blasted tword the top with MH. If you just moved them I would just wait it out and see what happens. Be patient cause it could take a while.

 

[CrazyZoa]

Brown means not enough light....to much light on these will bleach them out and turn them to little polyps of nothing.

 

[aquaph8]

Brown means not enough light....to much light on these will bleach them out and turn them to little polyps of nothing.

I have to disagree. IME if you give a PD too much light they tend to turn brown.
Some anemone's tend to do the same thing. I have noticed that it seems to be more drastic with purples than any other color. Purple tiped LTA's do the same thing.

 

[CrazyZoa]

Well in my tank to much light on my purple deaths they turn pure white and if I stick them in to much shade they brown out it's just the way it works with Purple Deaths.

 

[aquaph8]

Just goes to show all tanks are different. I had the opposite effect. Happy reefing.

 

[MikeandNicole]

What type of lights do you have over your tank? It seems the higher the K and more actinic will bring out the purple a lot more.