Need some help with SPS bleaching/tissue loss

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Hyperion1337

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I recently got some amazing frags from Ty. Im currently acclimating them to my light and they began to bleach yesterday. The ones of concern are the WWC tricolor stag, setosa and undata. In response to their bleaching, I raised my lights 6 inches from its original position and its about 12 inch above the tank. Im currently running an ATI 6x24" dimmable that is ramping from 0 to 100% everyday. My levels are:
Calc: 440
Alk: 10
Mag: 1400
pH: 8.2
NO3: none
PO4: none

The corals:






Any tips on how to reverse the bleaching/tissue loss?
 
Im kinda concerned about these corals because the leng sy, ponape, hawkins and ssc are doing well with color and polyp extension and the leng sy is directly under the light in the middle.
 
I make it a point to keep them low when introduced to my tank. His way they acclimate to my lighting setup. Gradually I bring them up until I'm ready to glue them down. Alk might be borderline to some. Mine is also at 10 but no bleaching.
 
I don't know if it will help now. Maybe someone else can chime in on that. I dose fuel 2 times a week! It doesn't hurt to start though.
 
Leave them alone and do nothing, especially if you have other SPS doing fine. Last thing you want to do is start messing with things and **** off everyone else!
 
I would not worry too much if the polyps are out.. The same thing happens to my corals when I get them. Specially if i get them from someone with LEDs an place them under my t5. just put them low make sure your levels are in check and they will usually get color in a few months. I had a few acros and Sps that bleached to the point where I was about to throw them out but they bounced back and now look awesome in the tank.
 
How long does it take them to bounce back? Its been 2 days since the initial bleaching/tissue loss and there isnt any sign of recovery and there is barely any PE on the three corals above and now my ssc is starting to act all funky (no PE)
 
check your water parameters again. If all is within range, just sit back and give it time. I never seen a acro recover overnight from bleaching. It take several days if not more before you'll see positive changes.
 
Im having a similar response from a hand me down monti frag, (about 2" sq). Im running 2 x D120 LEDs with a range of 12-20k whites and blues. Frag is mid tank, (30"h 110g) and is it also bleaching. It was a liitle bleached when I got it though. Param are 'ideal'. Hoping for the best.
 
Well in my tank they bleached and probably recovered after about 1 month maybe 2. Never really kept track but there was pe on the corals. I just went to Ty also and so far his corals are doing really good. How long have you had this tank running ?
 
This tank has been running since september :) lol I know its early but had experience growing SPS in the past before the upgrade and i noticed minimal algae growth and an increase in coralline before i decided to get some sps in the system. So far the ones above look the same. no PE from both montis and brown crap is starting to grow on it. Oh and now my purple cap is starting to show signs of bleaching (on the same level with current bleaching frags). Damn ATI and their strong lights lol. Still hoping for the best. Gonna start adding some vitro fuel and recording changes.
 
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