Orange cap

[Skatereef]

I just recently bought a orange cap and it had nice colors until I noticed It was bleaching.What cam I do to help this guy?My calcium is 400pm and alk is a little lower.Any help

 

[Sk8r]

I'd raise that alk to at least 2.97 on the second Seifert scale. I'm getting good color out of a purple monti, and I have it about 20" from the light with 430 cal, 2.97 alk, 1300 mg. Not a clue what it likes, but it has to be one of those situations.

 

[Skatereef]

Thanks Sk8r I will try to raise those tonight.

 

[atzak]

Is the whole thing bleaching, or does it have tissue loss?

 

[Skatereef]

just alittle corner on the back top. It is only about a cm big but I am starting to worry.

 

[Cody Ray]

I've seen both bleaching and tissue loss (I havn't had much luck with sps corals in the past) and that sounds like tissue lost. I would break of the white portion and see what happens from there.

 

[Sk8r]

I agree: if there is a truly isolat-able bad area, frag it off and discard. But try to get that water immaculately balanced to make the wound heal well. Don't break it unless it's just a small area and the tissue is clearly gone. Then break it so that there's only good tissue left. You wouldn't have any pix of the situation, would you?

 

[Skatereef]

Any one else? Thanks for the comments.