Lunar Question

[mallorieGgator]

hey all,
I have some lunar wannabes and for some reason I can't get them black. The skirts are neon orange with black bands but the oral disk is like a bleached black, kind of transluecent but still black. Is this normal or should I just move them down? They are healthy otherwise and the skirts are still holding that crazy neon orange.

 

[DEEC77]

hey all,
I have some lunar wannabes and for some reason I can't get them black. The skirts are neon orange with black bands but the oral disk is like a bleached black, kind of transluecent but still black. Is this normal or should I just move them down? They are healthy otherwise and the skirts are still holding that crazy neon orange.

How long have you had them? What did they look like when you got them?Under what lighting? What lighting were they under before you got them? Does sound like they're adjusting.

~Dee~

 

[mallorieGgator]

I've had them for a few months now. They looked a tad darker but still a transluecent black. Now they are more a grayish transluecent. There is a new polyp growing and it has neon orange sparkles on the oral disk. All of the other polyps don't have this. They are just solid. I can get a pic tomorrow maybe if I have time if it would help. When I move them down in the tank they look darker but it's just because there is less light (they look dark immediately so it's not like they are changing color).

 

[650-IS350]

placement in tank originally? where is at now?

 

[mallorieGgator]

He was originally on the bottom but now I have a goby that moves sand a little and I had to move the zoa up. It's in the mid level now but in a shadier area.

 

[650-IS350]

Leave it " KINDA " shaded but getting light but not directly getting battered by your lighting leave for a couple weeks till it colors back up or if it starts to fade in color place in more lighting.

 

[mallorieGgator]

Ok thanks! I will try this.

 

[Sinclair81]

You may want to adjust flow on the Zoa. I personally split a colony of eagle eye zoas and placed them in two different flow areas but same amount of light and the ones in more flow are vivid and bright while the other ones remained the same? just a suggestion.

 

[mallorieGgator]

Thanks. It's in a medium high flow area so I don't think flow is an issue.