Fadded frogspawn

[ZooZ]

Ive had my Frog spawn for about 2 months now and its not green its more closer to a light brown. I have 130w PC in a 26G bowfront. Water parameters are Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0 and nitrate 10ppm. Ca 430ppm and 9dKH. I got a modded AC70 fuge. I dose live phyto 10mL every other day and zooplankton once a week. Any idea why its loosing its colour?

 

[JetCat USA]

it's my experience that browning out in an LPS as you describe is from light spectrum. how old are your bulbs??

 

[ZooZ]

10 weeks old...I did some reading about zooxanthalle and that corals will release the zooxanthalle if the temperature is high. My tank has been getting quite hot during the summer avg around 83 degrees. Could it because of that?

 

[JetCat USA]

the expelling of zoox (bleaching) lightens the color to a white/clear not a browning.

 

[ZooZ]

hmm..i dunno what could be causing it to turn brown then. I'll try to get a picture of it when i get home from work.