Blue stunner chalice?

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Bought this coral about a week ago. Was sold as a blue stunner chalice.
The polyps seem to have a more brownish hue to them.
I haven't seen any sweepers at night or noticed any growth.
Not sure if this is the natural color for this coral, or if it is Brownricordeang.
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I can't imagine its getting too much light. Stock biocube 16 led lighting. Leptoseris and ricordea doing great and growing well.
2 healthy RFAs and a recovering BTA.
Temp 77f
PH 8.2
Sal: 1.025
DKH 10
Calc 460
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 5
Mag is unknown. Don't have a tester for that yet.
Using Red Sea Coral pro salt.
20%WC 2 days ago.
 
That's what I'm wondering... Does it look normal/healthy?
I haven't seen any pictures of a blue/purple or brown stunner, which is why I'm questioning its health.
 
Mine like moderate water flow and lighting heavy on blue.
What type of lighting are you using?

Mine:

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Stock biocube led lighting. The 14,000k blue is on from 10-10. Daylight 11-5. Sunrise 7 sunset 6.
 
I tried to get better pics, but my phone camera sucks lol. Last night with the lights going down, I shined a ~385nM UV on it. Its definitely bluer, and with the UV, the polyps were showing a little green. Maybe its bleached a bit and needs to recover?
The LFS was a petco and their lighting is worse than mine!
 
My Hollywood stunner was originally purple. Under better lighting it’s now solid green and grows like a weed. With a lot of white light most corals appear brown regardless.
 

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