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Old 09-11-2013, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by tang daddy View Post
I will wage a friendly bet that greenish base stylo will eventually turn pink.

When corals are shipped they are stressed and tend to drop some zooanthelia making them look bleached and more vibrant in colour. I've seen many shipments with super intense colour, as they settle in they start to get abit darker more normal looking.
A popular technique is to grow or harvest corals from deeper water, let them settle in shallow water to bleach a bit, making them very vibrant, then ship. They will usually revert back to their darker color once in a tank.
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