White Toadstool Polyps Turning Brown

[Justin1997]

I purchased this white toadstool a few months back it's been doing amazing blur slowly turning its polyps to brownish colour, wondering if it could be my lighting?
I have marineland reef capable LEDs but plan in upgrading to Radions in the next few weeks.
The picture of it with white polyps was taken July 13th I bought it in June.

 

[Justin1997]

This is it now

 

[Patwa]

maybe when you bought it it was bleached or stressed so much that it turned white because it expelled all of its zooxanthellae.....the browning could be a good sign it's starting to 'colour' up/zooxanthellae starting to recover

 

[Justin1997]

Damn it was so beautiful all white :thumbdown

 

[noy]

I purchased this white toadstool a few months back it's been doing amazing blur slowly turning its polyps to brownish colour, wondering if it could be my lighting?
I have marineland reef capable LEDs but plan in upgrading to Radions in the next few weeks.
The picture of it with white polyps was taken July 13th I bought it in June.

Brown is the natural colour for mushroom/toadstool leathers. But if you keep it in high light you may be able to keep it white - there is a LFS here that has pretty spectacular white leathers and kenya trees which he has kept in a display for years. When he frags them and put them into another tank - they will turn brown. The white looks very unique.

 

[Justin1997]

Brown is the natural colour for mushroom/toadstool leathers. But if you keep it in high light you may be able to keep it white - there is a LFS here that has pretty spectacular white leathers and kenya trees which he has kept in a display for years. When he frags them and put them into another tank - they will turn brown. The white looks very unique.

So maybe Radions will help it bounce back?

 

[noy]

So maybe Radions will help it bounce back?

find out what the lighting was at the place you bought it. More lighting will help - can't really tell you the exact light regiment that will keep it white.

its not really "bouncing back" because the natural colour is brown.