Red Table Lost Green

Airborne · 01/05/2011, 11:55 AM

What is the cause. I have them located at the 3/4 of the way up from the bottom. They are under an 8 bulb Tek T5 light fixture. At first they had a deep green, now the green is gone great growth but they look like Pink Pocilpora.

Too much light or not enough to get the green back?

Thx

Alex T. · 01/05/2011, 12:31 PM

I had a red mille that did this. The green came back when I lowered it a bit. Try it and see what happens.

Logzor · 01/05/2011, 12:33 PM

Generally this is caused by too much light or the colony becomes very dense and only the red parts are showing.

I find this to be the case with my rommels watermellon acro. The tips of this coral are typically a deep red while the base is green, with my large colony, which has densely packed growth tips, it mostly shows red.

I have a frag of the same coral in a darker area of the tank, it has only a couple growth tips while the rest is encrusted over a large area, it is 95% bright green.

sreefs · 01/05/2011, 06:17 PM

Put it on the bottom, ORA's Red Plantet does this also if it gets too much light!

wakeboardgeek · 01/06/2011, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sreefs

Put it on the bottom, ORA's Red Plantet does this also if it gets too much light!

+1. This is what happened to me.

01/05/2011, 11:55 AM	#1
Airborne Moved On Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Burbank,CA Posts: 574	Red Table Lost Green What is the cause. I have them located at the 3/4 of the way up from the bottom. They are under an 8 bulb Tek T5 light fixture. At first they had a deep green, now the green is gone great growth but they look like Pink Pocilpora. Too much light or not enough to get the green back? Thx

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01/05/2011, 12:31 PM	#2
Alex T. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,803	I had a red mille that did this. The green came back when I lowered it a bit. Try it and see what happens.

01/05/2011, 12:33 PM	#3
Logzor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kenwood, Ohio Posts: 4,073	Generally this is caused by too much light or the colony becomes very dense and only the red parts are showing. I find this to be the case with my rommels watermellon acro. The tips of this coral are typically a deep red while the base is green, with my large colony, which has densely packed growth tips, it mostly shows red. I have a frag of the same coral in a darker area of the tank, it has only a couple growth tips while the rest is encrusted over a large area, it is 95% bright green.

01/05/2011, 06:17 PM	#4
sreefs Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pa Posts: 754	Put it on the bottom, ORA's Red Plantet does this also if it gets too much light!