Jason fox flame looks horrible

[dnledman]

Hi everyone, all of my acros look amazing and are generally healthy and growing. However for some reason my Jason fox flame isn’t a beautiful purple with bright yellow tips but more of a pink fleshy color with off yellow polyps. I thought it might be from shipping stress but I got another one locally and it literally looks the same. Does anyone have any ideas? Or is this how it looks under whiter lights

alk 8.5
Ca 450
Nitrates ~5ppm
Phosphates ~ .01
Reef Breeder photon v2 running blues at 95% everything else is in the 20-40% power range

 

[mingc]

looks light burn or some sort of pest

 

[Cell]

I have one as well that isn't doing much other than basing out super slowly. I assumed it's just a slow grower and will take off eventually.

 

[dnledman]

looks light burn or some sort of pest

So I was thinking pest potentially but I just got a second frag of it and it basically looks the same. You can see the coral is actually growing. It encrusted to the rock, it just looks terrible

 

[TX_Punisher]

When I lowered % on my 3 g5, this is one small colony that started to color up and grow. I’d suggest a par meter. I’m at about 280 and it’s looking much better compared to 400+.

ymmv

 

[flyfisherman]

275par is sweet spot. Takes years to grow this out and get it colored properly. Be patient.

 

[dnledman]

Thanks everyone, I actually probably gotta move it down then to a lower light spot cause it’s a high light spot there

 

[jcdeng]

Mine sits on the sand bed and red colors coming back.

 

[flyfisherman]

I would leave it. Looks fine, just keep it under 350. Is that over 350 par there, looks low in tank already.

 

[Duffer]

Lowered mine to mid tank, medium flow, that’s when it started to take off

 

[SamMule]

Just be patient. 350 par is fine. Seems to like full spectrum light. I think it looks way better too. Mine didn't get the yellow tips until it started to get bigger. Been keeping this one at around 400 par.
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6/17/21

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It can also lose color when it is stressed.
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2/18/22.

 

[Tidal Gardens Verified Sponsor]

We keep ours around 380-400 PAR but our nutrients are kept much higher.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Hi everyone, all of my acros look amazing and are generally healthy and growing. However for some reason my Jason fox flame isn’t a beautiful purple with bright yellow tips but more of a pink fleshy color with off yellow polyps. I thought it might be from shipping stress but I got another one locally and it literally looks the same. Does anyone have any ideas? Or is this how it looks under whiter lights

alk 8.5
Ca 450
Nitrates ~5ppm
Phosphates ~ .01
Reef Breeder photon v2 running blues at 95% everything else is in the 20-40% power range

Nice set up, beautiful! Give her time, looks like you got it under control