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Apologies for the terrible photo.
I purchased a wild colony locally (Western Australia)
When I initlaly purchased it in the shop, the tips were yellowish and the skin had a red complexion to it
Since getting it in my tank, it has gone darker and completely lost the yellow tips, the picture is a frag off the colony but they are the same colour.
My question is, when acro are this very dark brown/purple/black, do they need intense par to colour them up? I run pretty high par levels anyway 450 - 500 and it hasn't changed at all?
Does this colour skin relate to a coral which was once really high up on the reef?
![IMG_20240618_194743_edit_722107405754917.jpg IMG_20240618_194743_edit_722107405754917.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3627/3627971-8b448e1b3c4fe42558ad520fc1fc6549.jpg)
I purchased a wild colony locally (Western Australia)
When I initlaly purchased it in the shop, the tips were yellowish and the skin had a red complexion to it
Since getting it in my tank, it has gone darker and completely lost the yellow tips, the picture is a frag off the colony but they are the same colour.
My question is, when acro are this very dark brown/purple/black, do they need intense par to colour them up? I run pretty high par levels anyway 450 - 500 and it hasn't changed at all?
Does this colour skin relate to a coral which was once really high up on the reef?
![IMG_20240618_194743_edit_722107405754917.jpg IMG_20240618_194743_edit_722107405754917.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3627/3627971-8b448e1b3c4fe42558ad520fc1fc6549.jpg)