Fiji yellow leather and mushroom colors

[ruiny]

I have a yellow Fiji leather and a green polyped mushroom that have lost their colour. The green and yellow that is.
The tank is in good health.
Is there any general thoughts on colors for these corals.
Thanks

 

[garygonzales]

what kind of lighting do you have,,,,...yellow leathers like lots of light...also parameters would help too.......

 

[jayball]

Full details on tank size, flow, lighting and the following params will help people help you:

salinity
ALK
CA and MG (not as important)
nitrate
PO4

You say lost color, browning out or going white(ish)

A FTS may also help us guess light and flow levels.

 

[ruiny]

Just browning out.
93 cube
2 mp10's set lowish
1.025 salinity
0 no3 and po4
Kessil 360w
I don't know how to post pictures.

 

[ruiny]

Full tank shot

 

[jayball]

It is kind of hard to tell from that pic where the coral in question is but I can see where it is not. I have a yellow fiji leather that has the crown 4-5 inches from the waterline directly under one of my striplights, It is seeing more than 300 par as an estimate. I left it by the bottom of my tank for about a month when I first got it and it stayed brown but now it is bright yellow. It needed that light to color up.

If that tank is lit by a single kessil than you may want to try moving it closer to center, higher, or slowly turning up your kessil to see if you get a better response from it. Just keep an eye on that beautiful BTA, I do not think it would be worth ****ing him off.

 

[ruiny]

Thanks
I try a bit more light and see what happens

 

[garygonzales]

what kind of lighting do you have,,,,...yellow leathers like lots of light.........

yep yep....lol.........

 

[justthewife]

yellow figi are sensitive to alkalinity (at least mine are). What is your alkalinity?

 

[3dees]

my Fiji isn't as yellow as when I first got it. they like higher lighting than most leathers. my problem is if I increase my led's for this one coral, it would probably be too much light for all my other coral. (softies and lps)

 

[garygonzales]

yep thats the problem when having a mixed reef....lol....one must achieve balance...

 

[Dkuhlmann]

3dees just move it up in the water column closer to the lights. No need in raising your lights intensity.

 

[3dees]

it's not far from the top now. my rocks are covered with coral so no room to move it higher. you can see it on the right side of tank. my led's are at 50% white 75% blue. that's about as high as I dare to go.

 

[ruiny]

3dees you have a great tank
And your Fiji looks nice. Much more yellow than mine.