Just Noticed Something Interesting

Xster · Post by **Xster** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:22 am

I just noticed this color change (if there was one) the other day on my purple monti digitata. Maybe it is just the correct color on a purple digitata, and now I just noticed it more when taking pictures. Please let me know.

When another reefer from Virginia sent my this frag it was only like 3 inches. It was solid purple, then browned out in my tank for a couple of weeks. After that it turned solid purple. But now it turn to this, I do not know why and how long. Maybe it is coloring up or down.

But I honestly love the contrasting colors. This has just become my favorite coral, for the time being.

Thought I might share.

Here it is out of the water

In the water

Different setting on camera

Some Closeups

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:51 am

I love it... they are one of my favorite all time stonies.

With my purple digitata (wich were brown when I got the frags) they have changed colors many times. I have two pieces from the same colony at different places in my tank and they are slightly different variations of purple.

Mine went through a period of polyp extension (brown), then when I started dosing calcium the polyps retracted , but new growth could be seen weekly..then it levels out and turned a nice purple color and the polyps are now extended again all the time.

Who's to say what the real color is..........

All your stuff looks awsome so it must be "the best coral it can be"

Xster · Post by **Xster** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 1:59 am

Yeah they do grow fast! Very noticeable fast! Very cool looking coral. The more I pay attention, the more I appreciate it. Yours look very similiar to mine. Maybe just different conditions, I don't know. Maybe someone can tell us what causes the contrasting colors from the polyps and the body.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 5:57 pm

I don't think the polyps have the ability to change colors like the actual flesh of the coral will do under intense lighting. I think the ones Shawn has I gave him and Kevin gave me. They were brown in Kevin's tank and brown in mine until I added to 400w MH. Shawns are a deeper color than mine but I think that is color temperature related or calcium levels (I can't keep mine above 400).

~Scott