New rock flower anemone changing color

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I decided I wanted to try my hand at rock flowers so I picked up one today at our LFS. I picked it because it was fairly inexpensive and had an unusual dark color, almost black with a green ring. It attached within 30 minutes of being in my 125 gallon display tank, but within 4 hours the color has changed pretty drastically to green instead of nearly black. I still think it's pretty, but wasn't expecting such a drastic color change. Is this due to just a difference in lighting?
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125 gallon, 6 month old tank
Using 3 Viparspectra 165w LEDs set at 40% blue and 10% whites
Parameters are
Salinity 1.024
KH 8.4
Phosphate 0ppm
Nitrate 5ppm
Calcium 400
Magnesium 1400
First picture is from when I first introduced it around 3pm and the second is from about an hour ago (7pm).
 

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He/she looks quite happy. RFA's are pretty bland colored under white light but at depth in the ocean or in the more blue light of our aquariums they are gorgeous. I've found them to be pretty easy to keep as well.
 
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He/she looks quite happy. RFA's are pretty bland colored under white light but at depth in the ocean or in the more blue light of our aquariums they are gorgeous. I've found them to be pretty easy to keep as well.
It has changed quite a bit since Saturday. I'm loving the color more and more.
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