I've had a larger plate coral that's about 5" in diameter. It's thick, close to an inch thick at the center and then gets thinner at the edges. I took it from a friend's tank where it had bleached of all color. I thought it was dead, there were a couple tentacles and that was it.
I've had it for 6 months about 16-18 inches from my T5HO (aquatic life) bulbs and my AI Hydra 52 LED fixture. I swear it's gotten bigger and at night there's probably 30+ tentacles all reaching out. They're short tentacles, but is very alive and seems to be healthy other than its color.
However, it's flesh is slightly off white (maybe cream colored). Is there anything I can do to color it up? I have no idea what the natural / original color was. I have a similar plate that's bright neon green and growing rapidly. It started as a 1/2" diameter frag and is close to 3 inches in diameter. So, I feel like the water quality and chemistry is good (based on testing and coral growth rate).
So, how do I recolor the coral or is that not possible? I'm open to target feeding. Right now my homemade fish food has max amino and the green and orange powder mixed into it to help with coral and fish color, but the plate doesn't seem to re-color up.
With the AI Primes I could change the spectrum if that would help? Right now the white coral looks kinda ugly, but I don't want to kill something that's growing well and doing well!
I've had it for 6 months about 16-18 inches from my T5HO (aquatic life) bulbs and my AI Hydra 52 LED fixture. I swear it's gotten bigger and at night there's probably 30+ tentacles all reaching out. They're short tentacles, but is very alive and seems to be healthy other than its color.
However, it's flesh is slightly off white (maybe cream colored). Is there anything I can do to color it up? I have no idea what the natural / original color was. I have a similar plate that's bright neon green and growing rapidly. It started as a 1/2" diameter frag and is close to 3 inches in diameter. So, I feel like the water quality and chemistry is good (based on testing and coral growth rate).
So, how do I recolor the coral or is that not possible? I'm open to target feeding. Right now my homemade fish food has max amino and the green and orange powder mixed into it to help with coral and fish color, but the plate doesn't seem to re-color up.
With the AI Primes I could change the spectrum if that would help? Right now the white coral looks kinda ugly, but I don't want to kill something that's growing well and doing well!