How long does it take you to turn a browned Acro to a nice piece?

[Rakie]

I've seen a lot of people with different results. I don't think this is the type of thing that can be necessarily 'done right' or 'done faster if you, X, Y, or Z'.

Although I'm wondering if each piece is a 1-2 month journey, or if you don't expect true color to start showing up for 3-6 months.

Again, I know there's a million variables. But I'm curious where the timeframe is for you guru's who like to turn wild turds into stunners.

 

[Wazzel]

I have work over some rescues. Some take a few week and some take a few months. Hard to say if there is anything we can do to change that.

 

[glaukos]

yeah,what mark said.Same here.
Some recover relatively fast while others weeks or months.
Depends on the reasons they were browned out in the first place,plus adjusting to your parameters,flow etc

I rememeber i had one acro that started swoing some good color and growth after 7 months in the tank.Came so close throwing it away,so many times

 

[joshky]

I have an acro frag that I've seen colored up before and it was absolutely beautiful, it's been brown ever since I set my tank up, almost a year now with small teases of changing and only a little growth. I bet if it went into one of your tanks you'd have it colored up in a month or less. :facepalm:

 

[w3bbo]

I'll leave a new brown coral for a couple of months. If there's no improvement I will move it somewhere else to adjust the flow or light it receives. I have a couple of acros that get upset if you so much as look at them the wrong way!

 

[Piper27]

yeah,what mark said.Same here.
Some recover relatively fast while others weeks or months.
Depends on the reasons they were browned out in the first place,plus adjusting to your parameters,flow etc

I rememeber i had one acro that started swoing some good color and growth after 7 months in the tank.Came so close throwing it away,so many times

Well said. To add I think k it depends on why it is brown. If it's brown from bad water parameters and inadequate lighting it can take a while. If it's light brown with a little color because it's somewhat fresh from the ocean and stressed from holding tanks it will color up quicker. Also species plays a big factor. Placement not so much if your tanks in order. A brown acro should color in a good tank with very good lighting.

 

[mic209]

How long does it take you to turn a browned Acro to a nice piece?

This took about 5 months, it was 2 different frags one was supposedly red planet, and the other green planet. The piece laying down was a vertical branch that had no tissue on half, so I cut off as much as I could and glued it flat. The brown picture is pretty accurate, it's a lot more red in person now. After the brown, it had strawberry shortcake type coloring for a while.

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