Frogspawn becoming transparent??

[Cbash]

I bought a frogspawn about 4 months ago and ever since then the color is slowly becoming transparent and tentacles are getting shorter! I currently have a 60g cube with two build my LEDs, the frogspawn is located closer to the bottom, and all parameters seem to be great! I don't understand.

 

[dinger28]

Pics?

 

[ItzJustinN]

whats the intensity of your leds? leds should be ramped down when you introduce new corals to allow acclimation, if not, this could cause bleaching (transparent effect). you may also want to post your water params.

 

[Cbash]

I currently don't have a pic on hand but it's lost its darker tent and has become a lime green transparent color, and also justin my LEDs are 14k a piece, one placed at back of tank other towards the front. And water flow is very min just a very gently flow occasionally blowing on it.

 

[Cbash]

Ammonia 0
Calcium 520 is high
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ph 8.2
Salinity 1.024
Temp 81F

 

[Reef Bass]

Alkalinity? Magnesium?

 

[Docdiggy]

Has it been spitting out it's zoo?

 

[Cbash]

Zoo?? And i don't have those test at the moment.. But any ideas what might be the problem?

 

[ItzJustinN]

zooxanthellae, a photosynthetic algae that lives in coral tissue.


u need those test, alkalinity, magnesium and calcium are the most important levels u need to control.
if either of those are out of wack, it could cause the problems you are facing.

 

[Docdiggy]

This is just a shot in the dark. 2 of my Frogs have really shrunk. After looking closely they have tiny, tiny white bugs. A Bayer dip is my next step since coral rx didn't help. Just a guess.