Candy cane color chang

[DcoarM]

Hey guys so I was wondering what would cause this. About 3 weeks ago I went to Premium Aquatics and bought a blue candy cane. After it was in my tank for a week it lost its color. It since then is very puffy and eats regularly. What would cause a candy cane to lose its color?

 

[rjcranor]

Usually lighting is what will cause color change. What kind of lights are you running? If they are LED they might be washing them out.

 

[DcoarM]

I have a quad t5 fixture

ATI Blue Plus - 12000K
Kt Fiji Purple - 14000K
ATI Attinic - x2

 

[rjcranor]

Most light set ups I've seen on here have 2 blue a purple and 1 attinic or 10 k. Not sure if it would make that much difference. I used to have 2 10 k and 2 blue. Just switched to the set up I mentioned and have better results so far.

 

[DcoarM]

The setup I have is what premium aquatic website recommends. It was my first light purchase. I have seen great improvement with these. But this is the only weird thing. Hell these lights are bring a montipora digatada back that I thought was dead

 

[DcoarM]

So its been two weeks since this post and the cnady canes look great. Did not change a thing.

 

[ChrisKey]

Good. Sounds like it was an acclimation to the lighting difference in the tanks. Different light spectrums and placement in the tank can make a huge difference.