Acan turning color

[rjcranor]

I have a orange colored Acan it's only 2 heads but the last few days one is turning a pink color. Could it need to be closer to the light?This is what it looked like prior to it changing. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get a picture of it with the pink.

 

[KJAG]

Need some pics. Orange to pink could either be fading from too much light, or maybe your Acan is just developing different coloring under your lighting.

 

[rjcranor]

It's strange because just one is turning pink. I've had it a few months.I have t5 light and replaced my bulbs before I got the Acan.

 

[rjcranor]

Here is a picture of it this morning

 

[rjcranor]

I have raised it from sand bed to see if it's a light issue and needs more.

 

[WillKatt]

Dont acans generally respond better to lower light in terms of coloration?

 

[rjcranor]

That's why I'm asking it was on the bottom and started changing. I know they grow from good lighting.

 

[jedidad]

Very likely a lighting issue but you may want to check your alkalinity too to make sure it is not too high.

 

[rjcranor]

Would you think to it's to much light or not enough? I have the aquatic life t5 light. I just put new giessman bulbs in before I had gotten the Acan. I don't have a test kit for alk.I only have pH, ammonia, nitrate and nitrite, calcium and phosphate. All test good except for the nitrate it was20-40 but I don't think it is right I've done several water changes and did a nitrate reducer and still shows that high.

 

[jedidad]

What brand of test kits are you using? API kits are notorious for reading high nitrates because the kits go bad. Hard to say for sure if it would be too much or to little light for sure. I would personally lean towards to much but that is a guess. As long as the coral continues to look healthy keep it at the level you moved it up to for a while. If it starts to lose more color move it to a shades area.


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[TulsaTye]

Looks like it's bleaching from too much light!

 

[rjcranor]

I would guess it's a api it says salt water master kit. It started turning pink on the bottom so I just moved it higher yesterday. I have also been hand feeding it mysis shrimp along with a duncan I have.

 

[josh4107]

I agree with it looks like bleaching from too much light. What type of light are u using? Most acans will morph colors under leds. I keeps acans in a corner of y tank as far away from my ai sols as possible and they do best this way. I've found they like powerfully lighting, just not a huge amount of it, if that makes any sense haha

 

[bigkai]

The yellow acan I bought over the weekend is turning red it was under leds and I run t5s.

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[jedidad]

Scans do often color shift when moved from led to other lights or vice versa. What kind of lighting was it under previously? See if you can get a salifert test kit for nitrate they are much more reliable. You should also try and get an alkalinity test kit because high all can cause problems


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[rjcranor]

I think they were under halides before I have aquatic life t5 light with newer bulbs. I had the new bulbs before addition of the Acan

 

[larangcon]

I have my acans under LED's and forgot to turn the light timers back to auto, and sure enough the acans bleached, I lowered them to a shaded area and a week later the colors started coming back...

 

[rjcranor]

Like I said they were on a rock on my sand bed so I can't put them any lower.

 

[jcdeng]

Put them partially under a shade, then you can see that red color will slowly turn green yellow at the shaded part. I say this from experience.

 

[rjcranor]

Thanks I'm going to have to change my aqua scape to get another shady area. I have one but my Duncan is in that spot.