Discolored/Browning Chalice

[apicturepaints]

I have a CB Pink Dreams chalice that has slowly been changing its color. It lost its green rim, and is now a brownish maybe purple? The bright orange and pink eye has started to diminish and looked brown too. I'm wondering what I can do to change this or what may have caused this? I have several other chalices and all have great color and growth. Parameters are stable. Alk and Mag are a little high, 10 and 1500+, but have remained very steady. I have it placed at the bottom of my tank with very low flow. Thanks for any input!

 

[Steven R]

to much light.. place them in a shaded spot.

 

[apicturepaints]

to much light.. place them in a shaded spot.

Done! I moved it today. So chalices typically brown when getting too much light? They do not lighten? I'm going to try and get a picture comparing the change. I think the browning is confusing me as this chalice is typically a very dark purple, so I'm having trouble discerning on whether it is simply growing out weird. It seemed to rapidly shift colors in the matter of a week or two. :/

 

[apicturepaints]

It has also been in the one spot for about 2-3 months with no issues of color change and consistent growth. Is it typical for it to gradually brown?

 

[revsgirl]

:bump2:

 

[ebushrow]

I am not a chalice expert but I know many SPS and even some LPS brown out if the nutrients are too high.....what is your nitrate level?

 

[reef life]

My cb pink dreams did not like much light. I had to shade it to survive.

 

[apicturepaints]

Nitrate is 20 right now. All other chalices are colored up bright and perfect with consistent growth, so I'm thinking it might be too much light. Moved it into a little cave a couple days ago, so we'll just have to wait and see.