archangylle Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Guys, my red pratas are slowing turning green and I am not sure whats causing it. All parameters are good. I use 2X 150 MH lights turned on 2 hours a day. The rest of the time I have my T12 actinic lights on. They are all still opening up very well during feeding. Please give me some suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member [V]tEc Posted April 19, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 19, 2009 Guys, my red pratas are slowing turning green and I am not sure whats causing it. All parameters are good. I use 2X 150 MH lights turned on 2 hours a day. The rest of the time I have my T12 actinic lights on. They are all still opening up very well during feeding. Please give me some suggestions did the whole prata turn green or onli part of it? also 2 hrs of mh is a little short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Vlamingi_cont Posted April 19, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 19, 2009 Guys, my red pratas are slowing turning green and I am not sure whats causing it. All parameters are good. I use 2X 150 MH lights turned on 2 hours a day. The rest of the time I have my T12 actinic lights on. They are all still opening up very well during feeding. Please give me some suggestions Mine is not red turn to green... Is my prata's mouth actually white turn to green... Anws urs not too sure... Can LPS be dyed??? Quote 1ft cube with IOS [the low tech tank] 1. JBJ C-breeze to keep temp hovering around 27-28'C 2. LED clip on - 120 bulbs -skimmer-less- My 3 humble equipments that keeps my tank running... [DRIED OUT] 1. The RSM itself of course 2.My NEW Deltec MCE-300 Skimmer 3. My trusty Arctica Chiller Tank parameters: Temperature maintained at 25.3'C to 24.7'C No3: 10ppm(b4 the use of the deltec skimmer) No3: 5ppm (after use of the skimmer) Others? too lazy to measure...LOL Camera- EOS 50D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted April 19, 2009 Senior Reefer Share Posted April 19, 2009 Mine is not red turn to green... Is my prata's mouth actually white turn to green... Anws urs not too sure... Can LPS be dyed??? yes. LPS can be dyed. even gonios and pagoda cup corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangylle Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 did the whole prata turn green or onli part of it? also 2 hrs of mh is a little short. Hi, the parts that are turning green are the parts nearest to the "sun ray"-like 'bones' of the prata. I bot pratas from iwarna, so pretty sure they werent dyed. Maybe I should put in more iodine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member [V]tEc Posted April 19, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 19, 2009 Hi, the parts that are turning green are the parts nearest to the "sun ray"-like 'bones' of the prata. I bot pratas from iwarna, so pretty sure they werent dyed. Maybe I should put in more iodine Sometimes when pratas r shipped here, they r stressed n lost some of the colours. the green part could be some pattern on the prata. could be red with green lines, happen on 1 of my red prata b4. dun think gt anything to do with lack of iodine in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxerz Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 not advicable to dose things that you cannot test for like iodine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member MbmC Posted April 20, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 20, 2009 You CAN test for iodine. Salifert test kits test for iodine, iodide and iodates. Most of the "iodine" additives actually dose oxidised iodine aka iodide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambystoma82 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 how come u nid help when its turning from white to green lolx.. unless u say u prefer white? its rather common to c prata go thru colour morph after settling down in tank lighting condition.. all lps colours will morph accordingly to their environment.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member peacemaker Posted April 20, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 20, 2009 Is it possible for algae growth on the skeleton, with the flesh still intact? I'm just guessing, because I've never kept one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambystoma82 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Is it possible for algae growth on the skeleton, with the flesh still intact? I'm just guessing, because I've never kept one before. yes its possible if the coral is place in a zero flow area with medium light lets say when u r recovering it from receding flesh.. i noramlly let it bleach till e flesh recover then use light to adjust back its colours.. cyno n Halgae, and some carpet greens loves to grow on their skeleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member TayHongSiang Posted April 20, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 20, 2009 Turning into incredible hulk....arrghh..!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Vlamingi_cont Posted April 20, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 20, 2009 how come u nid help when its turning from white to green lolx..unless u say u prefer white? its rather common to c prata go thru colour morph after settling down in tank lighting condition.. all lps colours will morph accordingly to their environment.. No la... Sharing "experience" mah... LOL... Green is nicer... But izzit the whole prata turn green or part of it?? if its part of it mine too... The skirtings end turning green too... Quote 1ft cube with IOS [the low tech tank] 1. JBJ C-breeze to keep temp hovering around 27-28'C 2. LED clip on - 120 bulbs -skimmer-less- My 3 humble equipments that keeps my tank running... [DRIED OUT] 1. The RSM itself of course 2.My NEW Deltec MCE-300 Skimmer 3. My trusty Arctica Chiller Tank parameters: Temperature maintained at 25.3'C to 24.7'C No3: 10ppm(b4 the use of the deltec skimmer) No3: 5ppm (after use of the skimmer) Others? too lazy to measure...LOL Camera- EOS 50D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted April 20, 2009 Senior Reefer Share Posted April 20, 2009 LPS and zoos will change colour according to light one. dun worry its not dying. like the LFS and the sea and your tank lights are all different. the coral will adjust its colour to filter out which light it needs more or dun need. if im not wrong, (please correct me if i am), it is turning green because ur light has too much "green spectrum" in it. as far as i know, white light has 7 colours of the rainbow. could be urs have too much green, and the prata is changing to green to reflect the green. (you see green because green is being reflected into ur eye). thats why the coral turns green to filter out excess green. the logic is more or less correct according to science, but im not sure if it applies to corals =x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangylle Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 LPS and zoos will change colour according to light one. dun worry its not dying. like the LFS and the sea and your tank lights are all different. the coral will adjust its colour to filter out which light it needs more or dun need. if im not wrong, (please correct me if i am), it is turning green because ur light has too much "green spectrum" in it. as far as i know, white light has 7 colours of the rainbow. could be urs have too much green, and the prata is changing to green to reflect the green. (you see green because green is being reflected into ur eye). thats why the coral turns green to filter out excess green. the logic is more or less correct according to science, but im not sure if it applies to corals =x Thanks, all three of my pratas are turning green now, around the skirting too. But the green is quite nice. Maybe I should install red lights then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted April 20, 2009 Senior Reefer Share Posted April 20, 2009 lol no la. i also dunno. i anyhow guess one hehe! sounds rubbish right..... dunno how to help so just giv what i was thinking =x green pratas nice ma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangylle Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 lol no la. i also dunno. i anyhow guess one hehe! sounds rubbish right..... dunno how to help so just giv what i was thinking =x green pratas nice ma. No worries dude. This is a forum to share ideas. Its good to hear some new ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiee Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 MUTATION lol. Be careful it does not shoot laser out of its mouth (X men reference for those of you who do not get it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member TayHongSiang Posted April 23, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted April 23, 2009 Be careful...later green hulks will pop out ripping yr pratas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member reeftask Posted May 1, 2009 SRC Member Share Posted May 1, 2009 how come u nid help when its turning from white to green lolx..unless u say u prefer white? its rather common to c prata go thru colour morph after settling down in tank lighting condition.. all lps colours will morph accordingly to their environment.. LPS and zoos will change colour according to light one. dun worry its not dying. like the LFS and the sea and your tank lights are all different. the coral will adjust its colour to filter out which light it needs more or dun need. if im not wrong, (please correct me if i am), it is turning green because ur light has too much "green spectrum" in it. as far as i know, white light has 7 colours of the rainbow. could be urs have too much green, and the prata is changing to green to reflect the green. (you see green because green is being reflected into ur eye). thats why the coral turns green to filter out excess green. the logic is more or less correct according to science, but im not sure if it applies to corals =x Both of these bros are correct in a way. Most of the corals in the world are green or brown. Even researches/scientists still unable to tell the exact answers. Some say may due to the light spectrum and temperature. Some say its the basic colour of corals. I personally noticed after brown corals acclimated to its environment, it will turn to green in a few months. Sometimes another few months some will change from green to other colours. Or some from other colours to green. Even my yellow ricordia changed to orange within 2 weeks. I had an anemone which turned from brown to green and lastly to striking yellow and green stripes with red spots. Had another anemone chenaged from brown to green and then to yellow with blue spots. All of these corals lives to few years in my tank so it means they are healthy. All these are not important. The important thing is your corals are healthy so should not be worry. Hope this will relieve you from stress. It is best not to simply play with improper lightings. This will directly/indirectly kill your corals. As long as your corals not changing to transparent bleaching colour, it is still OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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