Why are my green star polyps lite brown?

[Tim Patterson]

Does anyone know why my green star polyps have turned light brown? They seem healthy and spreading like all the other coral and fish.
Thanks,
Tim

 

[TwistedEnvy]

What kind of light do you have? I had a 55 gallon with a GLO fixture and my vvery bright green polyps looked brown underneath it. It did not affect the color of my green birdsnest though.

 

[elmafioso52988]

They might not be green star polyps they might be some other kind of polyps. Mabye ecrusting gorgonian

 

[cbrownfish]

So they changed color from green to brown? I would suspect lighting or a sudden parameter shift. There is a variety of star polyps that are brown......I believe they are actually called "purple" by some folks. Here are some that I owned in that past --

 

[Frankie]

Mine were also brown under 20k MH's. Never did figure out why they changed over. They were very healthy though so I never worried about it. I agree that they just might be of another type of Star Polyp and nothing is wrong with them or your water~

 

[Tim Patterson]

Thanks for the inputs; I did increase my light duration when I lost the morning direct sun light. That might be it.

 

[Kovu]

i know mine where brown when i got them and they turned green, now they remind me of grass.