ORA Blue Chalice help

[andymcl82]

I just recently got an ORA Blue Chalice from an online vendor. The picture they showed was a very blue chalice. Mine came pretty brownish red. I know they can be this color but I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to get it to be the nice blue that they had in the picture. Like high or low light etc.

Here's a pic of it. It's even less blue than the picture shows. Thanks in advance!

 

[MrDJeep123]

I see this happen a lot. The biggest reason colors are different are the type of lighting and the amount of actinics the picture was taken under. That is what gives colors their pop. Some place do advertise what lights they use. Do you have a picture they used? Can you post it or PM it? I'm just curious.

 

[andymcl82]

I see this happen a lot. The biggest reason colors are different are the type of lighting and the amount of actinics the picture was taken under. That is what gives colors their pop. Some place do advertise what lights they use. Do you have a picture they used? Can you post it or PM it? I'm just curious.

This is the picture they use

This is the picture from the ORA website which looks more like mine

 

[vic67]

You can ask the vendor what kind of lights they were using for their picture and try to duplicate the set up. Unfortunately some vendors enhance the pics so the colors on their corals really pop. I would usually recommend low to med light and low flow for most chalices.

 

[andymcl82]

I did a little searching around on some forums and the consensus was that they come from ORA a little browned because they have them under natural sunlight. The higher light helps them grow faster. People who put them in lower light in their tanks said they will color up and get nice and blue but won't grow as fast.

 

[Oscaror]

You can ask the vendor what kind of lights they were using for their picture and try to duplicate the set up. Unfortunately some vendors enhance the pics so the colors on their corals really pop. I would usually recommend low to med light and low flow for most chalices.

It doesn't look very edited. It's probably the lighting like you said.