SPS skin Color?

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Both my Green Pocillopora and Purple Stylo skin color are white. Both have great Pe and good growth. What are they lacking?
CA=440
ALK=9.0
MAG=1360
PH=8.2
Temp=79.9
NO3=5 via Salifert
PO4=0.01 via Salifert
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I think they are fine. A lot of those SPS get most of their color from the polyps and underlying skeleton is white. Some are colorful all the way through, but most are not.
 
How long have you had the frags? What lighting did they come from and what lighting are they now under?
 
Corals look otherwise very healthy, I tend to think perhaps just a smidgen more light then they really need. I would not change a thing.
 
They look fine, the white tips tell you they are growing. As far as the underlying skin color, that will vary from coral to coral in relation to flow and light.
 

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