For what its worth, I got a small colony of Purple Deaths a few weeks ago and they turned brown as soon as they went into my tank.  This was about three weeks ago?  They are at the bottom of my tank in a low to medium flow area and are now losing their brown and starting to purple up. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
	 |