If an SPS was brown when you got it???

[jennmac415]

I got an SPS frag from a fellow reefer..... I have no idea what it is... but it was brown when I got it... does this mean it needs more light? Less light? How can I make it color up? All of my other SPS are amazing colors!

 

[Claeth]

I would just put it in with the other sps and give it time. With proper water conditions, a little good luck and some simulated sunlight, it should color up and grow.

 

[just dave]

Or it could naturally be a brown one. If one takes JEN Veron's "Corals of the world" and looks the number one color , by far, for acroporas ( and corals in general) is brown or some shade of brown.

 

[Claeth]

very true, good point. it could also be a bright blue stag. I love it when that happens.

 

[just dave]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12013341#post12013341 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Claeth
very true, good point. it could also be a bright blue stag. I love it when that happens.

That's why motto is to "Only buy the brown ones. " They are cheaper and who knows what you will get and if they stay brown, what did you expect, it was brown when you got it.

 

[MCary]

Almost all sps lose their color during shipping and reacclimation. They color up. I have the best luck with 10K mh.