Gifted an almost bleached acro, how can I color it up?

[Tripod1404]

Hey guys,

I bought some nice acros and montis from my LFS last weekend. He also gifted me a very pale (almost bleached) acro. I am not sure what exactly it is but it looks like an acropora millepora. Maybe a pink one but I am not sure? The polyps of the coral still retain their color but the rest is almost white to very light pink/yellow. It has complete polyp extension all around the coral so I am sure it is not necrosis. Actually the coral looks quite healthy except the color. If you touch it, polyps immediately retract and come out again in ~5 mins.

So I was wondering what should be my course of action for coloring it up? Right now I put it to a place with good flow and moderate/high light.

My parameters are;

Alk; 8.3dKH
Ca; 475ppm
Mg; 1400ppm
NO3; 1ppm
PO4; 0.06ppm

 

[mcgyvr]

If its bleached I would not put it in high light..
I would start it low and see how it does..

 

[Tripod1404]

If its bleached I would not put it in high light..
I would start it low and see how it does..

I placed it in low light first. But it showed very little polyp expansion and only at the parts that get more light (mainly tips). So I moved it up a bit which
improved the PE all around the coral. Since the polyps are still colored, I wast sure if I should put it in low light or high, so I placed it something in between.

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Get it healthy and stable first. As long as it's not dying or getting worse, don't change a thing for several weeks. If at that point it hasn't colored up, you can start worrying about little tweaks.