ohio reefer
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Losing color?
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c_healy
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Not sure but I don't think it has anything to do with them being hosted by the nem. It could be the lighting making them look lighter, their diet if Theyre not getting enough food or a good diversity.
I'm sure someone else will be able to help you a bit more than I can.
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ohio reefer
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They are fed rods reef, mysis, brine, and cut up clam. The lights are an upgrade from 2 15 watt T8s to 4 54 watt T5s. That may be it, they seem to be back to their rich black colors.
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Can't say its lthe lighting, thats plenty of light, unless your tank is over 24" deep. But how old are the lights? May be the Nem maturing. OOPs, midread. My bad. Clowns we are talking about.
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Trex
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You are taking about your clowns being not as black correct? That can happen....
Wild caught Soloman Island percs,
When I first received them,
Being hosted by an M. doreensis
Couple of months in the M. doreensis
Switched to an S. haddoni -- no other changes. Didn't fully get all the black back, but better than it was.
Wild caught Soloman Island percs,
When I first received them,
Being hosted by an M. doreensis
Couple of months in the M. doreensis
Switched to an S. haddoni -- no other changes. Didn't fully get all the black back, but better than it was.
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ohio reefer
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Yes I was referring to the clowns. They look fully black now
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ohio reefer
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The lighting I have is 216 watts over 55 gallons with individual reflectors. And it's a sebae, bubble tips are generally much smaller and look completely different.
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ohio reefer
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And I've seen bubble tips in 55s with 800 watts of halides and have no bubbles, lighting isn't what causes no bubbles, here is one of my bubbles under these lights however
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TheClownGuy
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No one really knows why clowns (percula onyx) lose their black but people what I have heard is light and food or a combination of both... I have had experience with my onyx loosing color with bubble tip anemone. and when removing the nem the onyx (wild caught PNG/SI clowns) comes back slowly very slowly...
MelissaKathryn
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Hey we actually just got a BTA last Friday, they began hosting Monday, and last night, I noticed that my B&W ocellaris was noticeably lighter on his sides. Our lighting is excellent and they get a great variety of foods, never pellets or flakes, and our reef tank has lots of pods. I think it has something to do with the nem as well.. since I am always staring at our tank and nothing changed until 4 or 5 days after hosting began.
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ohio reefer
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Did you make this observation in the morning? If so I did the same thing, I think because they're less active when they sleep they can turn a black/grayish color, my onxy are back to their colors by noon
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MelissaKathryn
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Really?? Hmmm.. Now I am going to have to do a little experiment..
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ohio reefer
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Keep in mind the reason they turn a grayish is because they have black covering their body as they're onxy, if you have occelarris you may not notice anything
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