Acro Bleaching

[Luke Schnabel]

Hey guys I just got an Acro frag 12 days ago and it appears to be bleaching out a bit. It's been at a PAR of 185 and I now moved it to the sand bed. I emailed the LFS to ask the par of the tank it came from as well.. Any help or insight would be great.

Tank Peramaters. Alk-8.0 Cal-450. Mg-1400 No-0 Po-.02

 

[bshow24]

Keep it low for now, let it acclimate to the light. Your levels look good, maybe bring calcium down between 400-420 but honestly, that's nitpicking.

What kind of light do you have? How high above the tank, dimensions, etc? (I know you gave PAR reading, but just for information!)

 

[Datnguyen]

It might be the ph swing or alk


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[heathlindner25]

I don't see any bleaching in the picture..... I do see what looks like new growth?

 

[Luke Schnabel]

The whole frag used to be a dark green except for the tips. It's under Hydra 26s and they are mounted about 12" or more from the water. My sand bed has a par of 75. How long should I keep it on the sand bed

 

[heathlindner25]

Still doesn't look bleached to me, corals adapt to their lighting. That's how you get different color variations, what you want is good solid growth and polyp extension.

 

[Luke Schnabel]

Can't see many polyps during the day but at night I see some

 

[heathlindner25]

Welcome to the wonderful world of acropora.

 

[mfaso24]

I agree, I don't really see any bleaching in the photo...


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