purple deaths losing color

[Caetano_Thiago]

Got them from a friend, losing color.what can I do to make them color up.

 

[Caetano_Thiago]

Got them from a friend, losing color.what can I do to make them color up.

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[jaynel78]

Tagging along....I have some too that weren't colored up when I got em, and they're still not colored up

 

[rogersb]

I have mine in the lower half of my tank and they have great color. I have heard higher light dulls them.

 

[Caetano_Thiago]

My has been on the lower half since I got them. Any one here using iodine?

 

[rogersb]

I have dosed iodide in the past. Iodine can be toxic if overdosed and I have been told the line is easy to cross. What is your lighting, bulbs, and tank size? Also, this is the wrong forum, this should be in teh zoanthid forum for better answers

 

[Caetano_Thiago]

I have dosed iodide in the past. Iodine can be toxic if overdosed and I have been told the line is easy to cross. What is your lighting, bulbs, and tank size? Also, this is the wrong forum, this should be in teh zoanthid forum for better answers

lol oops. lighting right now is crew leds, tank is 14g bc. weekly water changes of 1-2g i feed them microvert food 1-2 times a week.. turn off pumps and let it sit for a few mins.

 

[windyridge]

Mine were brown when I got them from a halide tank and they are still brown in an LED tank. I had them under a shelf so they were in the shade. Haven't looked purple yet. :-(

 

[Monkeyfish]

They need LESS light. Put them under an overhang or partially shaded area.

 

[windyridge]

They were under a shelf for a few weeks. No change.

 

[smsreefer]

Well, if the clam in the pic is happy with the light, then it is probably way too much for your PD's

Try putting them in a lower light area for a while and be patient.
Try your best to match the light they were colored up in before.

 

[SushiGirl]

A few weeks isn't very long, it took mine a month to start turning slightly purple instead of brown after moving them into the shade. Of course, now that they're in the shade they're small and not growing much, so it's pretty much a catch-22.

 

[RichardinMa]

Color changes can take months- not weeks. Also, they may simply not look the same under different lighting types. I have several polyps of the same type in a few of my tanks and none of them are the same color as they have all changed color depending on the lighting. This is one of the pitfalls of buying designer zoas/palys- they won't always look like the picture after being in your tank for a while.

 

[Caetano_Thiago]

Thx for all the input guys. =)