Colored up proof!

[Supa]

I see a good bit of reefers say they like buying brown frags from LFS or elsewhere just to watch them color up, i have researched a good bit and the only thing I can find proof of brown frags “coloring up” is acro frags and they typically just appear to change color as colony grows which is typical of every acro? Anyways does anyone have proof they have successfully colored up a coral other then an acro frag? Thanks for reading

 

[ahiggins]

Lol I’ve had the opposite effect in the past buy an acan just for it to change from rainbow to red and blue lol very annoying but I’ve never intentionally bought a bleached or browned coral

 

[Arego]

Define what colored up means to you, there is a simple way to color something up that is bleached or browned. Maintaining a stable system and watching it turn whatever color you end up with, that would be simple proof.

Surely you have had a coral go south and not look right only to turn around and look better and brighter or color up rather. You may get a gem, you may not, it's up to your system and the tissue gods to determine whatever that may be.

 

[Supa]

Define what colored up means to you, there is a simple way to color something up that is bleached or browned. Maintaining a stable system and watching it turn whatever color you end up with, that would be simple proof.

Surely you have had a coral go south and not look right only to turn around and look better and brighter or color up rather. You may get a gem, you may not, it's up to your system and the tissue gods to determine whatever that may be.

I guess I’m just looking for a few examples when someone has bought a brown coral… took it home “nursed it” back to health and it ended up a color other then brown, I’ve seen a few bleached corals come back to life but never seen any examples of a brown coral turning a different color.

 

[ZoWhat]

I've seen ppl dose Tropic Marins PixieDust and see corals color up in 72hrs

 

[Arthacker87]

I go.hunting local fish stores for the all green or all brown zoa to see what I get.
1 stratocaster frag w 3 polyps for 10.bucks

And this random one for 10 bucks

 

[Arthacker87]

Definitely more gold in person but I'm not good adjusting phone for reef pics lol

 

[Supa]

Definitely more gold in person but I'm not good adjusting phone for reef pics lol

They look nice, can’t beat that price either. Nice finds

 

[Supa]

Lol I’ve had the opposite effect in the past buy an acan just for it to change from rainbow to red and blue lol very annoying but I’ve never intentionally bought a bleached or browned coral

Nice, I guess it going blue isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Gotta love the bright reds thought!

 

[_sludgefactory]

I have this acro that was totally brown when I got it for $30. It was turning bright purple with green coralites but has since browned out a bit from water quality fluctuations. Too early to get a good pic of it. It's still better looking than when I bought it.

 

[Aquanino]

I import corals regularly and sometimes receive really browned out acro colonies. I personally find it really cool when you find out some time later that it’s an orange passion or home wrecker, most we still don’t have a clue what they turned out to be (we don’t really use acro names here in SA) Will post some picks later I should have some before and after.

 

[Supa]

I have this acro that was totally brown when I got it for $30. It was turning bright purple with green coralites but has since browned out a bit from water quality fluctuations. Too early to get a good pic of it. It's still better looking than when I bought it.

Looking good!

 

[Supa]

I import corals regularly and sometimes receive really browned out acro colonies. I personally find it really cool when you find out some time later that it’s an orange passion or home wrecker, most we still don’t have a clue what they turned out to be (we don’t really use acro names here in SA) Will post some picks later I should have some before and after.

Thanks definitely interested to see

 

[dcal1985]

Absolutely. This hammer was purchased at the LFS where it was under lower light. Here it is after a month in my tank.

 

[happyhourhero]

that turned into this:

 

[happyhourhero]

Here’s a non acro.

 

[happyhourhero]

Here are some zoas that gained a bit.

 

[Supa]

Absolutely. This hammer was purchased at the LFS where it was under lower light. Here it is after a month in my tank.

Awesome thanks,

 

[Supa]

Here are some zoas that gained a bit.

Sweet ! This is the kind of examples I was looking for!

 

[dcal1985]

Here is another. I added this birdsnest to my tank on 10.10 and here it is exactly two months later. Not as dramatic but the subtle green that it started with is not much more present.