Acro Tips White?

[Mark426]

I got this ORA Green Planet a little over a week ago and it lost the flesh at the tips. Seems to not have gotten any worse in the last few days and is holding its own. Sitting 10" under center of ATI 4x24 Sunpower. LOTS of flow. Other corals are happy.

Parameters:
ALK 8.6-9.0 (stays fairly steady with auto doser)
CA 425
MG 1350
PO4 - 0 (with Salifert, but I must have some, some algae, but very little)

Is it just the shock of shipping and probably different parameters or ????
Recommendations??

Thanks Reefers,
Mark

 

[Hentz]

Just because other corals are happy doesn't mean that one coral will be happy!

Best thing to always do is start the frags you buy at the bottom of the tank, let them get used to your lighting. Move them up every week or so until they acclimate completely.

It may just be stress from the lighting. ATI is some powerful business whether it be 8 bulbs or 4 bulbs!

I doubt flow would be an issue unless your power-heads are facing directly on the frag itself?

 

[ChrisKirkland]

Typically the white tips are new growth or you could have some alk burns on the tips. The coral could also have rubbed the shipping bag during transport.