90% of Acros Bleached OVERNIGHT!!!

[Dooly]

the one thing that is strange is that I still get a decent amount of polyp extension as if nothing ever happened, but the colors are all super washed out.. a 12" red planet colony went from dark red to light pink overnight.. purple monster is now white with purple tips monster..

 

[saltywet]

do you use any zeovit products like zeospur2?

Too much of that product will cause something like this.

 

[Dooly]

i do not dose anything at all besides bRS 2 part and mag; did a 30g water change yesterday and added new carbon.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

wow wierd, following

 

[seminolecpa]

Might try running a poly filter and see if it picks up anything. Can't hurt anything

http://www.poly-bio-marine.com/polyfilter.html

If you had MH's i would say maybe a cracked bulb but a little stumped b/c you have T-5's

 

[buy_baff]

Can we get a FTS?

 

[chrismck97]

"Bleaching" -- a whitening of corals that occurs when algae living within coral tissues are expelled -- is an indication of stress caused by environmental triggers such as sea surface temperature fluctuations

 

[lgndrympterry]

that sure does suck. Maybe if your corals will come back to original color.. Just give it time.

 

[Dooly]

I don't see the corals getting worse at this point; seemed to have stopped bleaching after the water change and no tissue loss. Hopefully the color will come back sooner rather than later..

 

[scrapz]

that's weird, I would make sure to reduce your lighting schedule for now.

 

[seashark]

I don't see the corals getting worse at this point; seemed to have stopped bleaching after the water change and no tissue loss. Hopefully the color will come back sooner rather than later..

color will definatly come back give a little time!

 

[Shawnts106]

well something certainly ****ed them off...
You said you did a water change the day before this happened?... Bad batch of salt perhaps?

If you dosed magnesium too both of these things at once could have done it...

Add an amino acid complex, follow the other advice about raising your lights or lowering your photoperiod for a brief time until you see the corals start to recolor...

Oh how picky SPS are..

 

[Dooly]

^ I did a large 30 g water change after I saw my corals all bleached.. the only thing I did was use magnesium.

AND I also used the same BRS 2 part I always use, but a new batch that has been in my closet for about a year, maybe I should throw that away?

 

[LifeAquatic]

That is a mystery. As others posted I wouldnt blame the mag for this. I use BRS also and have never had anything like that happen.

 

[d0ughb0y]

That is a mystery. As others posted I wouldnt blame the mag for this. I use BRS also and have never had anything like that happen.

one thing I learned is never say never.
so I would not rule out contaminated BRS products.

 

[LifeAquatic]

one thing I learned is never say never.
so I would not rule out contaminated BRS products.

You just said never by saying never. :lolspin: