Fiji yellow leather

[gholtmeyer]

I bought a Fiji yellow leather a year and half ago. It was yellow when I brought it home. It has grown nicely -doubled in size, but it has browned out. I have it under two 250w mh and and two 110VHO. The coral is located at the top of my tank and all the way to one side. What can I do to get it back to the sweet bright yellow color? My water parameters are all fine. Suggestions?

 

[sir_dudeguy]

what type of bulbs you got? Sometimes if you have corals under just 10K's or lower they seem to lose a bit of color.

 

[gholtmeyer]

They have been under 20k XM bulbs for the past 10 months, 14K before that.

 

[coralmkr]

Hello,

I have one under three 175w MH for over a year and still very bright yellow. I am using 10k bulbs.

[violation]

 

[sir_dudeguy]

Well what exactly is "fine" as far as the water? You'd be surprised how many people say their water is perfectly fine, and then when they finally post it, somethin is way screwy.

But the fiji yellows are really sensitive and picky... If somethins a little off they wont like it. I'm not saying your water is bad, but please post everything just so we know all the details

 

[gholtmeyer]

temp 79
salinity 1.025
calcium- 400
Alk- 9.8 dkh
nitrate- 5
mag-1300


anything else that I need to be testing for?