Color Color Enhancement

[crapper5]

So My tank is coming up on about 6 months old and everything is going well except... My LPS open brain seems to have gone from a deep red to a lighter pink. It still eating and extending its polyps but the color is definatly not as deep as it used to be. I have a 30 gallon tank with 240 watts of power compact light. I feed everyotherday with rotifers and cyclopeeze I also spot feed my larger corals. Does anyone know how to get LPS to show more color?

 

[Paintbug]

going to need to know some more about your tank. whats the water parameters? are your bulbs 6 months old? where is the coral located in the tank?

 

[crapper5]

Water parameters are perfect plus that really shouldnt have any effect on color... My bulbs are 4 months old and I run them 12 hours a day on a timer... The LPS was on the floor but I moved it to about 8 inches below the lights earlier today. I guess Im not asking for a diagnosis because I don't think anything is wrong. I was more wondering if there is a tried and true way to enhance color.

 

[mejiggery]

i'd say if everything was healthy and water conditions great its down to lighting. I have some zooanthids that tottal changed just from moving them away from the light.

 

[donfishy76]

i say if you want it to go back to red, take out one bulb and see if that will let it return to its former glory. Less lighting I would think, would help it go back to a deep red. The red brains are from deeper waters, so you may be giving it more light than it is used to.

 

[crapper5]

Thanks guys Ill try it out and give it a whirl