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My sps is bleaching in patches all over. My ballast went out while I was out of town and one side of my tank received no high output lighting, only 2 actinic t5 supplementals were still running. Normally there is a 250w MH on each side running for 7-8 hours/day. I ordered a ballast and have been manually switching the ballast from the other side of the tank to the bulb on the dying half for a few hours/day. Now it is to the point that I have algae filling in the bleached areas of my sps. I should receive the new ballast tomorrow to get lighting back to normal. Is there anything i can do to help facilitate the corals' recovery? Should I remove the algae from bleached areas or can the coral growth out-compete the algae? Thanks all for any help you can provide!