olvie zoos turning purple? anyone have a clue about these

[matt the fiddler]

yea title says it all. these have been a bland olive color in my tank under pcs the last 5 months.. got halide 4 weeksa ago- and they are turnign deep purple. [darker even than the pics does justice] any one have a clue about these/ rarity? the growth pattern is larger polyps than your average zoo, long narrow skirts.. 60% of the time the polys are separate, sometimes conected in a mat..

 

this is shot through the mixture of....

250W 65K halide,

65 VHO actinic,

65W 10K actinic

[matt the fiddler]

and an old pic under 130W PC

 

they where maroon for a bit before turning olive...

 

[nano-nemo]

mh's do cause coral to deposit more pigments in response to the uv, so id say its normal

[matt the fiddler]

i know that.. thus the comparison....

 

i am trying to get a rarity meter/ species / name/ other people who have something similiar/ anything... especially the way stuff of that color set has been moving recently... these could turn into the coolest zoos i got... might be able to trade frags for sps

[matt the fiddler]

oh yea.. did i mention they grow like weeds

[EtOH_is_good]

it sounds very dangerous. they should be removed from the tank and sent to me immediately. lol

[MrKrispy]

i had brown zoos turn bright green after I got MH. Kinda like a CrackerJack frag or something.

[sdbeazley]

I bought bright purple with green skirt zoos that I picked up by hand that turned brown underneath my PC`s :*(

[matt the fiddler]

yea- i allreay have some frags lined up of these to give away in a frag swap coming up- and then they turned dark purple on me..

 

ha ha too bad these won't go for $500 on ebay- that would pay for my tank upgrade....