Cespitularia spp. owners - help !

[proenca]

hi there,

I have a Blue Xenia or Cespitularia spp. which is very nice, has some blueish / pinkish coloration all over EXCEPT on one of the stalks, where near the live rock where it attaches has a medium size white patch ( like expeled all colour ( prob all zooxanthele ? ) and has a thin streak ( white as well , pure white ) that goes vertically on the stalk and seems to be growing.

Now coral is placed on top of the tank, "perks" up when light is on, got 110w of 50/50 lights, 8 hours per day, coral seems SUPER healthy, really beautifull but that white patch is worrying me.

I didnt notice if he had when I put in ( coral was bought a week ago ) to be honest neither did I did any dip.

Tank specs are :

Red Sea Max 130D
Coral is placed up high in a medium / soft flow current wise
Amonia : 0
No2 : 0
No3 : 10ppm
Calcium 520 ppm
ph : 8.01
Salinity : 1.024
Temperature : 25.5c stable ( chiller )

Is this common on these corals ? Should I be worried ? Can be diease and its better to cut the coral ( its 1 of 3 big independent stalks but they are in the same rock )

Ideas ?

 

[proenca]

Btw, all water from day 0 is RO/DI, 15% weekly water changes and done with Red Sea PRO Salt.

Photo of the coral WITH flashm, which makes this gorgeous reflection :

under "normal" lights, you can see the white spot on its foot ( well partially, the other side is bigger )

and well a FTS, showing coral placement :

 

[gflat65]

That's a nice piece. If it's still opening up like normal, I wouldn't worry too much about the spot. You could have a fish munching on it. My purple tang has a love for my electric blue Cespit. He was ripping parts off of it within 10 minutes of its introduction... Check for pests at night and see if anything is munching on it. If you don't find anything and it continues to look healthy, I'd just keep an eye on it, but not worry too much.

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Gorgeous softie. Is it spreading? If it's just in one section and is not spreading I wouldn't stress over it.

 

[proenca]

Yap, seems like it bleached or something.

Its "perking" up more, as you can see from yesterday full tank shot.

Colour Balance in camera a bit different from original tank shot but its easy to see the difference in the coral(s)

 

[Drock169]

I'd say its still closed up. The polyps arent open and feathery like they should be, but either way it looks like a beautiful peace you have. To be honest I was having some trouble with my blue variety earlier, but now it seems to be doing incredibly well. I moved mine about mid placement in the aquarium under halides with lots of lamellar flow. I've been adding two part to maintain CA and Alk, I'm also adding oyster feast. I seem to get response from the polyps when i feed the oyster feast. I would recommend you do the oyster feast yet though as your polyps are open yet. As for the white patch keep an eye on it, it could just be new growth.
some pictures for reference.

 

[Scott-CapeCoral]

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Thanks