Coral Bleaching?

[Spyderturbo007]

Everything is still bleached. I'm about ready to give up on this $#*$&#( thing and just sell it all on craigslist. It's been 6 months, I've done everything by the book, my water parameters are perfect and everything is still bleached.

So for 6 months of work, $5000+, I have 3 fish, 1 LPS, 1 SPS and some polyps. Woo Hoo. I should have bought a new motorcycle instead.

 

[wildman926]

Everything is still bleached. I'm about ready to give up on this $#*$&#( thing and just sell it all on craigslist. It's been 6 months, I've done everything by the book, my water parameters are perfect and everything is still bleached.

So for 6 months of work, $5000+, I have 3 fish, 1 LPS, 1 SPS and some polyps. Woo Hoo. I should have bought a new motorcycle instead.

Keep what you have, and still get a bike... I am in the process of trying to bring back a trachy that is bleached. That is how I got it. I have a Honda CBR1100XX. I have done a lot of work to her.

New bleached coral -

My Bike -

 

[csauer52]

What size is the tank and how high above the water do you have the lighting unit?

 

[ssteal]

I say its the kalk. Did same thing to me when i tried dosing it

 

[csauer52]

I say its the kalk. Did same thing to me when i tried dosing it

Could be, but could also be the lighting. ATI Blue+ has high PAR ratings and a lighting increase of 25% could easily cause a bleaching event with that bulb.

 

[Spyderturbo007]

Could be, but could also be the lighting. ATI Blue+ has high PAR ratings and a lighting increase of 25% could easily cause a bleaching event with that bulb.

It's a 55g with 4 x 54w T5 HO. It's the AquaticLife fixture and is sitting on the legs provided with the fixture. Maybe 6 or 8" if I had to guess?

They are the bulbs provided by AquaticLife. It has the following bulbs:

• 2 x 420/460 (Blue)
• 1 x 10K
• 1 x Purple

It was one of the Blue (420/460) bulbs that I replaced.

I say its the kalk. Did same thing to me when i tried dosing it

Did you just stop dosing? I cut back just to see what would happen, but its only been 7 days. I really wasn't using much. Just about 1/3tsp per gallon.

 

[hugorsf]

HI Spider.

Have u solve your bleach problem?

 

[Spyderturbo007]

Unfortunately, I have not. I have another thread going where I'm trying to elevate Nitrates and Phosphates through heavy feeding. I also swapped out my lightning. Now things are beginning to die.

I'm ready to give up. Especially since my Brother in Law's tank is looking wonderful. The funny thing, is that I've helped him set the entire thing up from the start. He's done most of the work, but I've been helping him with his questions.

The only thing I can come up with is that there is some toxin that was present in the rock I bought from That Fish Place that I can't test for. That's the only difference between the two tanks. I told him to get the BRS dry rock since the rock from That Fish Place is junk.