Frogspawn calcifying question

[Triinsept]

My frogspawn has been in my tank a little over a year. It started as two heads. It was accidentally bleached but looking better. However, the last few weeks it has started to calcify up the branches much further. It seems it is a little further each day? This picture was after lights out. Water params all good, tank is happy and healthy. After I bleached the frogspawn I dialed my hydra 26 down to 45%, 10in up. It's been running there about 2months. Frogspawn is near the top, moderate flow. Polyps fully extend and seems otherwise happy enough. You can see the little head in the middle, the calcification is almost all the way up.
Thanks for any input or thoughts!

 

[organism]

What are your parameters, especially alkalinity?

If it's bleached and you can move it I'd put it down near the bottom of the tank, they don't like tons of light anyways and even if it's not the main issue it might be a contributing factor to stressing it.

 

[Reef Bass]

I don't think that's calcification going on. It is more likely recession of the polyp's fleshy collar around the skeleton. Not more skeleton, but less flesh.

 

[Triinsept]

Thanks for the responses! My alkalinity is 9. I think both responses lead me to believe it is the lighting. Recession of the flesh could indicate a resistance of growth toward the light. I've been working on a 100gallon tank build which was my hesitation to mess w it too much. I thought I would just adjust when I transferred everything. The tank is getting water tomorrow so maybe I will just try to adjust the rock a bit for now. Thanks again. Any additional input is always appreciated.

 

[kjboggs]

I would say its just growing, its how it adds branches and heads.


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[organism]

Flesh receding like that is usually a water chemistry issue, my guess is some parameters are off and it's also getting too much light.

 

[jbvdhp]

I would move it down especially if bleaching.

When my magnesium was off I could literally see them dying each day. They shriveled and looked bad and lost tissue daily.

Yours looks bleached so it's expelling xoozanthellae, probably too high up. I have my remaining and regenerating euphyllia in the lowest parts of my tank, in shade even, and they color up and thrive best with low to low/mod flow and light.


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[aqua tech]

probably the light