Do these 2 rbta look bleached?

[vincent6396]

I got them about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Been feeding them silverside soak in zoe and garlic everyday since then and they eat fine. Will it darken up or stay like that, they are under a Sundial T5ho 4x24w fixture.

 

[05TurboS2K]

yes.

I see SOME brown but for the most part, fully bleached.

 

[05TurboS2K]

It sounds like you bought them bleached since you aren't more alarmed, chances are during transport they were stressed and released all of the "brown" that naturally would have been present.

It should/will come back but it could be months before its fully back. The fact that SOME is still left is a good thing. It's common however that they will not react to heavy lighting very well.

Im looking at your sig to try to imagine how much light they are currently getting. I'd keep feeding often since they might not be making usage of the light after having flushed. They will probably recover but be careful with them.

 

[vincent6396]

At first they shy away from the lights, only fully expand when only the actinics or moonlights are on but now they come out more when all bulbs are on. The pics above are not under my sig, the light fixture is similiar and made by same company.

 

[05TurboS2K]

OK,

exactly what I expected as far as they're response to lights. Slowly ramp them up to more and more light.