lindenfish88
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When I first got a frag of the Purple Death it was nice and deep purple. But now its brown what gives??? Will the deep rich purple return or is it brown forever???
Purple Deaths??? More like Brown Deaths if you ask me....
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lindenfish88
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Yeah they are in direct light. If I put them in a shady spot will they become deep purple again?? Whats it with direct light??? Nuclear greens and other hold their color.
a couple things you nmeed to know abut PD's.....
They are picky and will apper brown until you find the happy spot in yur tank for light. I would generally agree with what has been said in concern to light, but everybodys system is different. i would start there, and give them time....adjust as needed.
As well, if you are expecting a super deep bright purple in comparison to somebodies over manipulated pics, or looking at a top down shot, you will never be able to match that deep of purple with them, but they can certainy get very purple just the same
They are picky and will apper brown until you find the happy spot in yur tank for light. I would generally agree with what has been said in concern to light, but everybodys system is different. i would start there, and give them time....adjust as needed.
As well, if you are expecting a super deep bright purple in comparison to somebodies over manipulated pics, or looking at a top down shot, you will never be able to match that deep of purple with them, but they can certainy get very purple just the same
I find that the higher your viewing angle, the more purple they become. So from the top looking down you have the deepest purple, kinda like how a clam has totally different color when you look at it top down instead of from the front of your tank.
So what I did is that I placed them farther back on the bottom of my tank so that the viewing angle makes you kinda have to "look down" on them, and this brought out the purple more.
Another thing I did was just mount them so that you are looking directly at the top of the polyp. Mine are kinda on a flat rock so imagine so instead of mounting them parallel to the tank, I mounted them vertically. Instead of _ they are l. if that makes any sense. ill try to get a picture up when the lights go on.
I used to hate these things, but now that they are purple they are one of my favorite things in the tank.
So what I did is that I placed them farther back on the bottom of my tank so that the viewing angle makes you kinda have to "look down" on them, and this brought out the purple more.
Another thing I did was just mount them so that you are looking directly at the top of the polyp. Mine are kinda on a flat rock so imagine so instead of mounting them parallel to the tank, I mounted them vertically. Instead of _ they are l. if that makes any sense. ill try to get a picture up when the lights go on.
I used to hate these things, but now that they are purple they are one of my favorite things in the tank.
Fishindude88
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I have found that with unattainables and purple death is that they are deeper and richer in coloras small polyps than as larger ones IME. Maybe the color purple is just picky with light...
Shadowramy
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Mine a while to come out and color up. I have them in a front corner, medium light, medium flow
Skeptic_07
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these are the TRUE brown deaths, BTW...
Skeptic_07
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I suppose i owe everyone an apology for htat..... I have an awful lot of free time at work...
