Scoly losing some color.

[jcs11236]

Was curious in knowing what would cause one of my scoly's to lose some color. i have had him for a few months now.. would too strong lighting cause it? or too many or too few hours of daylights?
i have 89 watts leds. run daylights 6hours a day and attinics 12 hours a day.
water levels are stable
Temp 80
salinity 1.025
Cal 450
alk 8.6
mag 1290
phos .01
all tested using salifert n hanna

 

[jcs11236]

pic

 

[lfsmarineguy]

That looks like it's color. Some get that baby blue in them. The scoly looks fine to me from the pic. Good tissue expansion, it's probably coloring up. Unless you have a better pic or see something else in person.

 

[jcs11236]

it was actually more colorful when i bought him. the colors were much more deep. u can see in pic that the bottom part is losing some color. not sure y

 

[xboxking58]

it might be from the light because LEDs are really strong. try placing it under a rock cave or something to give it a little shade

 

[FlowerhornNYC]

How often do you feed him? He could be hunry

 

[Josh]

More shade. These corals are collected in 60+ ft of water typically.

Despite them being for sale everywhere you turn, they actually don't do very well in captivity.

 

[jcs11236]

thanks for the replies everyone. i do feed him once a week but this week when i tried to feed him, he didnt open/eat. m other scoly is doing fine and eats like a pig. as for shade-i have a 28 gal and have no shaded areas in tank. i have moved him to the front corner of the tank where he is not being hit wit direct light from all the leds. lets see if this helps

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

It's from the LEDs man I am noticing lots of problems keeping different corals under LEDs especially losing color. I am willing to bet when you bought it it was under mh when it had the great color correct?