Jedi Mind Trick changed colors???

[Landoh17]

My apologies if there is a thread covering this. The best I could find was that as the zoox marure they can produce a more "mature color." My JMT Monti, which was one of my first corals has changed colors over the past 7 months. I had it under a Kessil A80 and i put it inder a hydra 26 this week. It has good poly extension and has had good growth. From the research I have done on JMT corals, they typically don't change colors as they grow into a colony.

Here is the before and after. Very different colors!
Any tips on what I can do to get its color back or I'm SOL, which is fine to .

 

[fishguy242]

just fine there! nice

 

[Landoh17]

just fine there! nice

It went from green to like this dark green/purple, that's okay? Lol

 

[jayala12]

My jmt does not like a lot of light. It’s on the sand bed practically

 

[Robink]

also keep mine on the sandbed.

 

[fishguy242]

It went from green to like this dark green/purple, that's okay? Lol

yes looks normal spongeoid to me

 

[jayala12]

For reference. As it grows it stays same color with a nice blueish/light purple grow rim

 

[fishguy242]

i see now thought first pic was now 2nd was frag didn't even see it yes lower light ,never seen that dark

 

[Landoh17]

For reference. As it grows it stays same color with a nice blueish/light purple grow rim

This is what I was expecting it to look like! I will put it lower in my tank! I assumed because its and SPS itbwiuld like higher light. I'll see if that helps! Thanks!

 

[Landoh17]

i see now thought first pic was now 2nd was frag didn't even see it yes lower light ,never seen that dark

I will tet that for sure! I just want my colors to come back! I thought params but they have been stable

 

[fishguy242]

yeah lower light,high flow happy reefing

 

[Graffiti Spot]

High light will pale a monti before anything else. That looks more like it got stressed to the point where it shut down and filled itself with algae, hince the brown color. Something wierd defiantly happened that is a very dark color.

 

[Rickyrooz]

I am thinking one of your parameters is off for it to change color that much. The Jedi Mind Trick will do well in high or low light.

Here is mine

 

[Landoh17]

High light will pale a monti before anything else. That looks more like it got stressed to the point where it shut down and filled itself with algae, hince the brown color. Something wierd defiantly happened that is a very dark color.

It does look like an algae color i just don't know what happened

 

[Landoh17]

I am thinking one of your parameters is off for it to change color that much. The Jedi Mind Trick will do well in high or low light.

Here is mine

It was in a 10G but i had it tested every other day for 6 months. Im hoping my larger tank will help