Caribbean Blues and lighting

[Stanton]

I have 14 polyps that came on a Florida ric frag..Not sure if they are Caribbean or not. They were under 14k MH when I bought them and just arrived that day. They have gone from a darker blue to a grey color under my lighting and I'm not sure where they should be placed. I have them 3"under the surface my 420 watts vho and in pretty high current as reccomend by someone here on another thread. I have 2 atinic whites and 1 blue. Do I need to change the bulb configuration to get the colors?

[msman825]

If there doing good just faded i would just move them down .

[Stanton]

With flash

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/33994blues.JPG





Without flash
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/33994blue_no_flash.JPG

[Reef'in Colorado]

I have some blues that I personally brought from the Caribbean. I keep them in the upper 1/3 of my 135g which is illuminated by (4) 250w 14k Coralvues.

[fijiblue]

I have always found that the carib blues DO NOT like light at all. If it were me, I'd keep them low.

[coralfarm123]

My carribean blues love light and strong flow. My colony is less than 12 inches from 150 watt 14k metal halides and thriving. 3" may be a little too close.

[DaveBien]

Did you bring them into the US from the Caribbean??? I'm headed to Aruba again soon and was wondering if I could bring some back with me. Maybe something I haven't seen here.

Thanks