I will try directly feeding it, but it is in direct light under a 150W MH now would it really need more light than that? I have it placed roughly in the middle of my tank, perhaps a little higher than the middle, could it be getting too much light?
Also, is it possible that is simply the color it is supposed to be? It hasn't changed colors since I first found it in my tank. It was much lower in the tank at the time and it has gotten bigger and grown two babies...would it propagate if it was bleached and would the new ones be bleached as well?