Wierd bubble color change

[slothy]

I recently bought a bubble coral, which was pure white at the store, which is why I got it, I already had a green bubble, well in my tank its flor green now like my other one.. This light issue? Or just changes colors when it feels like it?

 

[nacl-h2o]

It was probably a green bubble that was kept under low a light and lost it's color. You put it under good lighting and bam it's true color comes out. I bought a coral color candy(brown) and brought it home and after a week it was bright aqua. I have much better lighting than the LFS. The color in corals is sun screen anyway and if the light is to low it doesn't need the color.

 

[mlm]

Not sure but I bought a white one b/c I liked the color and in a couple of months it is now a pinkish purple color. I do think it has somthing to do with light and how much zoozanthelle it is harboring in its tissue.

 

[ryebread]

The lighting on the tank at the LFS you bought it at had 300 watts of VHO over a 55 gallon......not too shabby but, not as good as your lights. It could be that your new bubble got its groove (xooanthellae stuff) back when it got a whiff of your lighting. It may also just look a little different tint with your metal halides or something. That bubble was snow white when you bought it though.

 

[slothy]

true, but it was green as soon has it went into the tank.... i think i just got a fruity ohioian bubble

 

[ryebread]

probably