Odd coloration on pinima

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Im thinking its due to stress.. wouldve been cool though to see a Lecustic/Xanthic PB..
 
Tested my water:
Nitrate- 25 ppm
Nitrite- 0
Ammonia- 0
pH- 6.0

So water quality is fine, but pH is low as I thought.
Here's the plan:
-Stop feeding garlic
-Up the waterchanges
-Add some type of buffer (crushed coral/shells)
-Move to a larger enclosure 1 week from now if I see no difference

Also, I have carbon in my filter: remove it?
 
thefishguy7;2605119; said:
Tested my water:
Nitrate- 25 ppm
Nitrite- 0
Ammonia- 0
pH- 6.0

So water quality is fine, but pH is low as I thought.
Here's the plan:
-Stop feeding garlic
-Up the waterchanges
-Add some type of buffer (crushed coral/shells)
-Move to a larger enclosure 1 week from now if I see no difference

Also, I have carbon in my filter: remove it?

Hmm yea...I would go with yu plan...yu can remove the carbon from yur filter in the mean time.
 
jamesliu2000;2606192; said:
maybe yours' going to turn out like this one here.
If nothing wrong with water and food, why not grow it out?
Nothing wrong to be different, right?
I wish:drool:
Moved the pinima into a 20L today, let's see if he returns to normal coloration.
 
PH is not bad. Peacocks like a low Ph I mean of course 6.2 is ideal but crushed coral is going to put you in the 7.0 and the prefer 6.2 - 6.5.
 
don't touch your ph.. i had my old sp. venz in 5.3- 5.5 ph...... take some updated pics.. like i said most likely due to stress
 
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