Frogspawn's color

[jedi31]

I recently ordered a purple tip frogspawn online and receivd it on Tuesday. Since than it's opened up nice but the color is way off form the website picture. It suppose to be a bright green with purple tips and the one I received is an ugly light/green with light pink tips. Did I get the wrong color or will the color tend to change over time. I placed it the bottom portion of the tank. I have 175 MH with attinic sup lighting. No nitrates or Phospahtes detected on Sailferts's test kits. Ph is 8.3 and I have SPS/clams and other LPS doing well in this tank. Has this happen to anyone else? Should I be pateint and just feed it and hope the colors come out? Or did I get screwed by the vendor? Thanks for your help.

 

[eclecticvibe]

Sounds like it's just bleached a bit. It should color up over time as it adjusts to your lights.

 

[jedi31]

Thanks for your reply Jay. I thought when corals bleach they turn white? But you're right the coral is probably just adjusting to my light. Any suggestions of food to help this process along?

Thanks

 

[nmprisons]

give it some time. also, mine looks more green with purple under actinic bulbs. I changed the positions of the bulbs in my tank to make it look more purple.

 

[eclecticvibe]

Feeding small particles of meaty types of seafood certainly won't hurt.

 

[bobafett]

It's almost certainly a combination of the lights and bleaching due to shipping. The color will come back but may not look just like the pic if your lighting is different than the vendors.