utter chaos help

[vasilithegreek]

I have about 8 of these guys growing, when I got them they were nice a dark and now its been about 4 months since I had them and the centers are getting to become yellowish/white and the skirts are a bright florescent orange.
I have the polyps on the sand bed of a 40 breeder, lighting 6x39 tek bulbs almost a month old the lighting is about 6" from the water. I do feed them.
Should they be place up higher to regain their original color?

 

[A. Grandis]

If they had less light they would be darker.
You could use only 4 bulbs if you really want to.
I would leave it alone.
Sounds like they are doing fine and the colors are nice to me, by what you've described.
Forget the cartoon name and enjoy the living creature. :thumbsup:


Grandis.

 

[121]

What are your phosphate and nitrate readings? Maybe the zooxanthellae is starved.

 

[kichimark]

IME I have noticed that the UC's will become more vibrant when they grow. From the way it sounds I would not panick and as Grandis mentioned just let them be. For accuracy, it would be best to post a picture.

 

[Guygettnby]

if they are growing fine then just let them be and enjoy. changing the bulb configuration will also help change the color/apearance of the zoas. sometimes all it takes is too swap around the placement of certain bulbs in your fixture or even change what you feed them.