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Old 10-05-2011, 12:25 AM
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Wondering if any one has any advice here. I purchased a Purple Death frag about 2-3 months ago. They are growing well and I occasionally feed them pellets. Only one problem... they are brown. Currently in a low flow area with medium to low lighting half way down my tank.

Did I just get ripped off with some brown palys or is this normal?
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Old 10-05-2011, 12:32 AM
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Need to see a picture. Mine are really purple
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Old 10-05-2011, 12:41 AM
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My iPhone camera actually makes them look more purple than they are haha. Dam it iPhone you see better than I do!



I think taking this picture confirms they are Purple Deaths. Any advise on getting them to color up or just be patient?
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I also recently purchased some locally. I put mine in medium to high light. They seem to be doing well. I'm not amazed by the colour though, but that's probably because of my lack of lighting spectrum...
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Old 10-05-2011, 01:03 AM
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What kind of lights do you have? I thought they liked low lighting but perhaps im wrong.
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ive always found my nukes a pd's did better in less light or ambient lighting.from the pic above they are purple deaths.
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Old 10-05-2011, 01:17 PM
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My pink and gold paly need a lot of light to be really colorful. If they are at the bottom of the tank they are just plain brown, but when I put them right under the metal halide they take a very beautiful gold center with pink skirt.

Palythoas need a lot of light in general.

brown = not enough light

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Wondering if any one has any advice here. I purchased a Purple Death frag about 2-3 months ago. They are growing well and I occasionally feed them pellets. Only one problem... they are brown. Currently in a low flow area with medium to low lighting half way down my tank.

Did I just get ripped off with some brown palys or is this normal?
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My pink and gold paly need a lot of light to be really colorful. If they are at the bottom of the tank they are just plain brown, but when I put them right under the metal halide they take a very beautiful gold center with pink skirt.

Palythoas need a lot of light in general.

brown = not enough light

and if daniella says it ....it has to be true
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pretty sure i have some of those that you got to name them lol, its rightnext to the magicians


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pretty sure i have some of those that you got to name them lol, its rightnext to the magicians




quite possible i had around 10 different kinds that looked like that , the worst thing about them is they are hard to get a solid photograph of because of the pink mixed with purple , i used up all my resources trying to find pink dalmations as they use to be my favorite for people eaters and i bought so many look alikes and every time i was like " yes..finally" lol
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