suggestions? color up my milli

[Radiography14]

HI there everyone
i bought a nice rose colored pink milli frag from dfs and when i got it about 3 weeks ago it was nice and colored and now it doesnt have that colored appearance. its brown with polyps fully extended any suggestions to get it colored up again? my alk was like a 10 and calcium 430 . mag is ok and im running a 10k xm over my 20 gallon high the bulb is like 8 monthes old...some people say they are good for a year though. hmmmmmmm i need negative and postive comments alike.

[Underwaterparadise]

Change the bulb. IME most halides are good for 6-8 months with sps corals. Softies and some LPS will do fine with a year old bulb but not Acro's

[jski711]

flow flow and more flow. my pink milli is now coloring up after a few months of being blasted with direct flow. also the bulb sounds like its done for. hth.

jake

[twon8]

how many watts is the bulb?

10k over a 20 is a lot of light, so that's not the issue, i would say flow is a good area to work on

[Underwaterparadise]

I have a 70w HQI and 2x36w pc sitting right on top of a little 22g nano and when the bulbs get old the corals go brown. I would run a 14-20k as well for better color.

[Radiography14]

thank for all the great feedback . i think i am going to go with the 15k iwasaki bulb. Between maybe getting a new bulb and giving it more flow i think i should be good. thanks for all the comments and the suggestions that everyone has givin me.