are Cali torts supposed to turn blue?

[Detritivore]

hey all,

i got a Cali tort frag recently, about two weeks ago or so. when i got it, it was deep purple. after acclimating and putting it in my tank, i noticed that the edges of the corallites began to turn very light, almost sky blue. i was kinda worried that it wasnt doing well. is this supposed to happen?

TIA

[bogg]

I got a cali tort from s berman and it was dark dark blue w. baby blue tips. Currently the coral is light blue. Are you using zeo products?.

[Detritivore]

i got mine indirectly from scott too. currently, the tank is on zeo, but its only been a few days.

[bogg]

I have a pic of mine in my gallery on rc.

[Detritivore]

i took a pic, but the zeo gallery isnt working for me

[OUinLA]

Mine were always blue as a blue x mas light, zeo or not.

[o2manyfish]

The first time I got a tort from Berman it turn bright royal blue.



No photoshopping this is the bright color it was outside in the sunlight.

After a round of heat waves it started looking like this:



That is the way it stayed from then on outside in the sun till I lost it this past Feb. But it grew like crazy.

Here was my Bennett Tort -- Inside - This photo was Apr 04


This photo was Nov 04


This piece was also lost in Feb.

Dave B

[Detritivore]

those are some awesome corals Dave. sorry they were lost

this is my frag:


i think it looks a little different than the berman tort that you posted?