ORA hot pink Stylophora

[Nomadic1]

Does anyone have one of these? I bought one from earlier this year, and, sure enough at the time of purchase, it was hot pink. It stayed that way until it started really growing, and, now, it is purple. I've been buying ORA corals for a decade now, and, in my experience with them, they always hold their color when given good water quality, which I provide, having kept the same SPS tank for 8 total years with nary a hickup, growing small frags into huge colonies. This is the very first ORA coral I have bought that changed color completely on me. It is kept at the very top of the tank, under strong lighting and high flow. I'd much rather it still be hot pink. Anyone else experience this?

 

[Captain coral]

Does anyone have one of these? I bought one from earlier this year, and, sure enough at the time of purchase, it was hot pink. It stayed that way until it started really growing, and, now, it is purple. I've been buying ORA corals for a decade now, and, in my experience with them, they always hold their color when given good water quality, which I provide, having kept the same SPS tank for 8 total years with nary a hickup, growing small frags into huge colonies. This is the very first ORA coral I have bought that changed color completely on me. It is kept at the very top of the tank, under strong lighting and high flow. I'd much rather it still be hot pink. Anyone else experience this?

It is known to do this in high light. To keep it pink in needs lower PAR than Acros.