Acropora's turning green

[SilverBulletPRN]

So this is interesting, initially I had acro's browning out then STN/RTN because it wasn't getting enough light and flow, now that I have my lights upgraded and have more flow on them, almost every single color morph of acro's I get just turns green, like bright bright green instead of whatever colors they originally came in (pink, purple, yellow, etc). What am I missing here?

Current setup is:
Reefer 200 XL
Radion G6 Blue's
ReefBrite XHO
Nero 5 and Nero 3

Alk 8.1
Nitrates 24
Phosphate 0.08

 

[T-J]

There is potentially a lot of answers as to why your acros are turning green. Everything from lighting to nutrients. Here's a rather large thread from a few years ago where someone else had the same question.
I suggest sending out a water sample for ICP testing.

All acros turning green

Hey guys, I recently began adding frags again after my tank failed last year due to a hurricane outage. I've found that all my frags, whether they were colored up or not, have turned green. Some started by bleaching out and then recovering green. Others just lost their colors and went...

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[SilverBulletPRN]

Nice! I'll check that out, sounds like a pretty common issue

 

[jmichaelh7]

This is a common issue mostly seen with light issues. Like the other member mentioned, it can also be from a variety of different deficiencies