Brown acropora

[ReeferPat]

Hi all,

I bought a "Tank Grown Acropora Frag Pack" from Aquasd a week or so ago. In the pics two were pink, one was pink with green tips and one was purple. When I got them in the mail they were all a shade of pale brown (one did still have some green tips). These are my first acropora and I'm wondering if they will color up in time, and, if so, how long might it take?

The tank is a 40-gallon AIO cube, mixed reef.

Parameters have been fairly steady as follows:
Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 77.5-78.5
PH: 8.2
Amm: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 10
Phosphates: 0.5
DkH: 8.5
Calcium: 460
Magnesium: 1380

Lighting is one Kessil A360X with 60% at highest intensity about 6 inches of the surface. All SPS are high on the rockwork, about 7-8 inches below surface.

 

[tqpolo]

Your first problem is believing in the vendor's photoshop pics.

 

[biecacka]

Some could take a few weeks/months to adjust to water quality and light differences.


Corey

 

[SeaDweller]

Aqua SD stuff is pretty true to life, they’re not too far from me. I don’t think Will and his team photoshops their pics much, if at all.

Browning can happen during shipping and will recover and color up as long as you provide good, stable conditions. I wouldn’t worry about it too much if it’s just brown.

 

[ReeferPat]

Your first problem is believing in the vendor's photoshop pics.

I know the pics might not represent what the coral will actually look like when I get them. However, I've gotten corals from AquaSD before that didn't look much like the pic but colored up nicely within a few days. Never acropora though.