My Superman zoa loosing red color ;(

[lukaszra]

Hello.
Have you ever seen something like that?
The re loosing red color and starting to get blue ... ;(
Any idea ??

 

[Millimylilly]

How long have you had them? Are they under direct light? It looks shaded where they are

 

[lukaszra]

About half year.. Its night mode on this Photo

 

[Capitol Reef Corals]

My guess is too much light. My Oompa Loompas would lose red when in too much light. Once they got shaded the red started to come back.

I like to keep all of my zoas in about 80-100PAR. That does well for most. Although some like blue lagoons and Illuminati want more. But if you ask the guys at Cherry Corals, they keep all of their zoas in about 50 PAR.

I found that at lower PAR that colors of zoas are darker and richer with more contrast and polyps get bigger. At higher PAR the color can get more intense - but then they can look faded and polyps can shrink.

Sorry for going on a small tangent. Good luck!