Montipora question

[supernova]

Hello all just as a side note I am finally getting around to joining ARC and upgrading to MH finally.
But now to my question.
Can a montipora capricornis turn back to purple, the color it once was when I purchased it? It has been doing great and has grown about 3/4 inch over a few months under my 96 Watt aqualight, just brown since I have owned it.

[Jessezm]

It can and will, but not under that intensity of light, most likely.

[RobinsonFam1]

yeah it will wth MH. be sure to acclimate the tank to that much light when changing so you dont bleach everything out.

[hesstondc]

Yep move everything to the bottom of the tank and bring them up a bit every week. I fried alot of softies because I didn't do this.

[dme330i]

It will probably gain it's color back with the lighting change and if your tank is free of nitrates and phosphates.

[Krux]

i have found in the past that my caps colored back up slower than most everything else, which for a while confused me as i could see they were growing nicely.

there are a number of threads on light aclimation, which will be very important to read now that you are doing such a big upgrade.

[supernova]

Thanks for the help, I am glad to hear it will color back up, and I plan to move my MH up high at first and work them down slowy due to my small tank size.

Thanks again.

[RobinsonFam1]

usually up high means a few feet. atleast that is what i hear most people having the best success with.
i have found that taking a pic of the before and after will tell you bettter of where your light comparison is. most of the times our eyes just see that MH is brighter, but a pic can actually show you how much brighter the tank is and that should help you judge where you stand with acclimation and placement.
HTH
BR