anthias color fading

[spscrazy]

does anyone know why my purple squareback anthias is losing color?
I feed a variety of foods mysis shrimp w/ vitamine c added, new life spectrum, cyclop eeze granules, and ocean nutrition marine pellet.

my ph calc. etc are perfect since starting to drip kalk about a month ago & my bio pellets have kicked in finally nitrates at 0 no phos silica ect.
I got him in Oct & was very pretty then never been sick or hasseled by other fish gets fed several times a day
I read somewhere that intense reef lighting makes them fade?????
any suggestions?
thanks

 

[Reef UP]

Any females with him? If not that's going to be the biggest reason !

 

[Reef UP]

Mine says get him a bunch of women mine was fading until I added 6 girls and then he perked right up

 

[spscrazy]

didn't know he needed some friends lol will 1 female work or does he have to have several I don't think my 95 will support but 1 more fish

 

[sexycorals]

Put it in low light and low flow.. :-P

 

[Reef UP]

Usually 3 female to one male!

 

[evolved]

Put it in low light and low flow.. :-P

Exactly. They are a deepwater fish, and they are known to get dull (just like this) in brightly lit reef tanks.

I love them, but I've never kept them just for this reason. Best of luck.

 

[Reef UP]

Exactly. They are a deepwater fish, and they are known to get dull (just like this) in brightly lit reef tanks.

I love them, but I've never kept them just for this reason. Best of luck.

I've had mine for 3yrs and it only faded at first when he didn't have girlfriends then his color came back after about a month of being around girls!