Please help with my Jedi mind trick

[spicytuna]

Hello,

I acquired a Jedi mind trick frag about 2 months ago, and it's appearance is starting to concern me.

When I first got the frag it was a very dark green with big red polyps. It no longer extends it's polyps and has lightened in color very much. The coral however is growing. In the 2 months, it has encrusted the plug and has started to attach itself to the rock. The new growth is a bright blue color.

The frag is located in a high/medium flow area, directly under my 6 bulb ati dim able t5. The frag sits about 16" under the light. The tank it came from was running. 400 watt halides, and the coral was in a shaded area on the bottom.

My parameters are very stable.
Undetectable nitrate and phosphate, no algae issues.
Ph - 8.0-8.3
Alk - 9
Cal - 400
Mag - 1300
Salinity - 35ppt
Temp - 80
Photoperiod - 6 bulb t5 suspended 6" above the water. Runs 7am-11pm(7am-11am 20%, 11am-3pm 100%, 3pm-7pm 20%, 7pm-11pm 10-0%)

I know my photoperiod is long, but the bulbs are not ran at max for very long. I also acclimated the coral to my lamp over the course of 4 weeks.

I have many other sps in this system that are doing great. The parameters are kept stable via 2 part doser and a kalk reactor.

Any other questions I can answer to help you guys better help me, please ask. I greatly appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[natas]

Have you tried moving the frag to a different location? Looks like it started to bleach and is now recovering. I have this same frag and I have mine at the lower portion of my tank. When I tried moving it higher it did not do as well....so mine stays about 2 inches above the sand which puts it about 30 inches below the light (strong led from Hydra 52 lights)

 

[ghostman]

+1 to natas. My Jedi mind trick is getting huge, and is the lower 1/3 of the tank off to the side. Probably getting too much light.

 

[spicytuna]

Thanks guys. I'm going to try it in a shady spot. I guess I just overlooked the fact it may be getting too much light since it is the lowest sps in the tank.

 

[Gundo5000]

Def looks as if he is getting too much light! Let us know how he does after you move him!

 

[trueblackpercula]

I don't know if its too much light but its defiantly starved. do you feed your sps at all and are you carbon dosing,running gfo, bio pellets ETC? if so then i would stop until it colors up

 

[79chopperdr]

Any dwarf angels in the tank? My potters thinks Jedi mind trick is the most delicious thing he has ever come across. Mine looked similar to that until I pulled it. I assumed it was starved because it was always retracted to avoid the angel.

Good luck