No Lemonade on the Pink Lemonade

blkhawk10 · Mar 15, 2015

My pink lemonade frag that i've had for about 3 months now has no yellow color at all...the tips had a bit when I first got it but as of now it is just a pinkish all around from the skin to the polyps...the corals growing which is a good sign...any idea of what could be wrong with it?

gacolt · Mar 15, 2015

pics?

c_healy · Mar 15, 2015

Where do you have the frag?

May not be getting enough light.

Killer · Mar 15, 2015

Mine gets around 600+ par to get that color.

blkhawk10 · Mar 15, 2015

I have it up top in my 29 with a Radion gen 3 pro over the top running at 50%...I can't get a good pic with my iPhone it comes out too blue.

Nomadic1 · Mar 15, 2015

I keep mine under t5s. No problem with color at all. I have two colonies. The mother is at the top of the tank and a baby colony at mid level both have same yellow
Coloration.

blkhawk10 · Mar 15, 2015

Could it be nitrates? Or a change in flow?

jeremy · Mar 15, 2015

Mine like lots of light to keep yellow.

Keithcorals · Mar 15, 2015

I've grown this coral for years and if it's not yellow it's usually one of two things, not enough light or too much nutrients. The other possibility is a pest like red bugs but yours looks healthy and you said you're getting good growth so thats not likely the problem. Mine seem to color up best in 3-400 par if that helps.

blkhawk10 · Mar 15, 2015

I'm going to up the intensity to 55% over three weeks and see what happens.

cultivatedcoral · Mar 15, 2015

The pink lemonade turns green under LED's and yellow under T-5's. I've had it under both and this is what happened.

blkhawk10 said:
I'm going to up the intensity to 55% over three weeks and see what happens.

Velodog2 · Mar 15, 2015

Nah, mine is under LEDs and it's yellow. I've heard higher intensity makes it yellow rather than green but never tested the theory.

mc-cro · Mar 15, 2015

I agree, intense light, and low nutrients. I have mine aout 8inches down directly under a 250W radium, and its bright yellow

Braves Fan · Mar 15, 2015

I have the same problem with mine

most likely not enough light, I would say its gets about 300 Par. I have polyp extension that you wouldn't believe though and decent growth, I have a lot of green in mine.

blkhawk10 · Mar 16, 2015

I'm pretty sure it was high nutrients, I just did a water change and I'll see how it looks in the next couple weeks.

GlassMunky · Mar 18, 2015

cultivatedcoral said:
The pink lemonade turns green under LED's and yellow under T-5's. I've had it under both and this is what happened.

In my tanks this is exactly opposite. when i have the pink lemonade under MH/t5 it goes fully green.
Under my Radion Gen2Pros its more yellow than a lemon

Keepswiming · Mar 18, 2015

GlassMunky said:
In my tanks this is exactly opposite. when i have the pink lemonade under MH/t5 it goes fully green.
Under my Radion Gen2Pros its more yellow than a lemon

Mine is about 10 inches deep under two radions gen2 as well, it is yellow!

-Logzor · Mar 18, 2015

I agree that it probably needs more light, mine is at around 150-200 PAR and just doesn't get the yellow super bright, it gets a really deep yellow. Move it to higher light to get the bright yellow to pop.

FoD · Mar 18, 2015

I need to get a PAR meter to check where mine sits. It is under 8 ATI T5's and ReefBrites, roughly 10" from light. Mine is neon yellow with pink/red polyps. Growth is moderate. I will be adding 2 Kessil 360's soon.