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[SCWA Reef]

Bought this lovely colony of ssc the other day and it has great colours on it, excuse the camera phone picture. I know this acro is notorious for losing its colour so does anyone have suggestions on how to keep it looking good? I have it in a high light high flow area of my system cal 420 dkh 8 mag 1300 nitrate 0 and po4 near zero


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[sahin]

How are other SPS colours in your tank? If the others have good colouration, generaly that indicates that most others added will maintain colours, or get worse and regain most of the colours.

SSC I generally tend to keep in high light and high flow. I bought a colony just this last weekend, but its in QT at the moment. I got it for a good price because it was already browned out.

 

[basser1]

Beautiful colony you have there.

My SSC frag was shipped to me and I've read where they will lose color due to stress. That's what happened to my frag. But slowly it is getting good colors, i.e. the green and pink. I think once they get settled in they do well.

 

[SCWA Reef]

This is a better picture....

 

[SCWA Reef]

How are other SPS colours in your tank? If the others have good colouration, generaly that indicates that most others added will maintain colours, or get worse and regain most of the colours.

SSC I generally tend to keep in high light and high flow. I bought a colony just this last weekend, but its in QT at the moment. I got it for a good price because it was already browned out.

Thanks sahin, i have recently gone t5 ond all colours have improved so im hopeful. This had good colours in the first place so fingers crossed

 

[maxwell]

Hi
I have several SSC 4 colonies and 3 frags all in different locations within the tank i ended up with these like you trying to find the best location for the SSC . I have found that they are all doing well basing out and colour coming through ,the lighter ones soon turn darker then gradually come back with new growth so for me its more about lots of flow and stable params but it takes time as some frags did nothing for 5 months.

Bill

 

[SCWA Reef]

Little update, the piece is coming on well. Green is coming back after turning entirely pink

 

[msaba]

Agree with the posters above especially in regards to flow being key. Sounds like it is acclimating well, usual advice would be to start it in a lower light area and move up over time... Very hardy coral and you have a beautiful colony! Congrats!

Mark