coral coloring

[mike007]

Have you ever bought a coral from lfs that has beautifull coloring and after a few days in your reef it turns brown or green? Is it possible that they are dying these guys so we we buy them as seen??????

 

[calvo15290]

LEDs do wonders haha

 

[gonpostal]

The lighting, flow and parameters in your tank could be a lot different than the tank that it came from and it needs time to adjust.

 

[spspirate]

Most likely photo adjusting. I have had this done with a hoeksemai I purchased from my LFS a while ago. Brilliant blue when I purchased it and brought it home, week later browned out and slowly came back to the brilliant blue with a hint of purple.

 

[cimmorine]

In my experience, I've known many LFS that get their coral direct. As these corals aren't use to being kept in a glass box the LFS try to sell them as fast as they can before they brown. OF course you have a few that keep their color but mostly, especially SPS, loose their color. After these corals get acclimated to our tanks they color back up so its a matter of patience and husbandry.