Zoa losing color but growing like weeds

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So my space monsters went from this
(mother colony I bought the frags from) to this

I had only bought a 3 polyp frag and it grew to 20+ in just a 2 month period. Bad part is, it kinda lost its color. The only recent change was from t5 to maxspect razor. The funny thing is that the person I bought them from had the mother colony under the maxspect too. Any ideas on how to get their color back? Some people tell me once it's growth slows I should see their color come back. Any other theories? Thanks guys

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They grow like weeds, buy only the polyps closest to the light and facing flat seam to get colored up in my tank
 
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Should I do anything to help them? I'm already light aclimating the tank by starting off my razor at 45% intensity. And the space monsters are at the sand bed, kinda shaded

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cowboycove said:
Dose some iodine. Iodine help color up softies. Makes Yuma's fluff up real nice.
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Thanks I actually just went out and bought some Kent iodide last night. Just dosed today so I hope that helps. I've never had any luck with yumas but my floridas did seem to expand an hour after I added it

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your problem is you are running leds and bad leds at that. They are missing spectrum and will never look as good as they would under MH or T5HO.
 
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standaman4 said:
+1. Went from t5s to a maxspect and same thing happened to me... 75% of my coral lost its color. I became the proud owner of brown hornets lol. Just wait till they adapt





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Oh no!!! Still looking bad or are they good?

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lurking said:
your problem is you are running leds and bad leds at that. They are missing spectrum and will never look as good as they would under MH or T5HO.
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+1, so many people trying to switch out Razor these days. I'm guessing you get what you pay for?
 
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Mu space monsters did the same thing. My phosphates git a lil too high during the holidays. I've been cleaning the tank up and their color is coming back.
 
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lurking said:
No such thing as true " full spectrum" led fixture
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This whole "full spectrum" idea is just a marketing scheme. Yes leds are good at emitting a certain wavelength but if you want to know what light emits a full spectrum look at white light. "Full spectrum" leds just incorporate a couple of extra colors like cyan, yellow, red.

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