Question for you LPS Experts Out There

[Idonthaveanick]

HI all,

I just received a trachyphyllia green, and it was blueish in color. This was the first day, anywho, I acclimated it and its looking good. Well, today is day two and I noticed that it is starting to get neon green color. I supposed if its getting that color is good, right?

I just want to double check, make sure the guy is doing ok.

Thank you,

 

[rogersb]

From my experience if they are tight and skeleton izs ripping through its bad. Most anything else is good and if its getting brighter colors that's awesome.

 

[Idonthaveanick]

Thank you!

 

[Tweaked]

low flow, low light an lots of food. If the feeders are out, jam food in them.

 

[Idonthaveanick]

Hahah thanks Tweaked, that's what I'm doing!

 

[parrthed]

Pics?

sometimes corals can bleach and the last to go is the pigmented fluorescent tissue. I've seen many trachs at local shops that are smoking neon green but only because their base pigmentation is gone and all that's left are some neon green lines radiating away from the center.

 

[Idonthaveanick]

I will try to get a picture, my phone sucks cos doesn't have a macro option. But so far is looking good though, still blue instead of green but no discoloration so far.

 

[mcfa2403]

Corals can shift color depending on what lighting they are under as zooxanthelle of different colors often differ in the spectrum and intensity of light they prefer. I notice this to be particularly true of LED lighting. I think you are likely fine and +1 for what tweaked said

 

[Tweaked]

Hahah thanks Tweaked, that's what I'm doing!

Check it a couple hours before light are on. You will be pleasantly suprised.

 

[Idonthaveanick]

Ok, it is bleaching out in the inside, Please see attached pic. Is it because too much light? Or too little? Everybody else in the tank (Corals, LPS and SPS) are doing fine. This one has the mouth open, showing some discoloration in the inside and a little bit of skeleton.:headwally:

 

[mcfa2403]

What lighting are you using? How far is it from the light? What is you water temp (my trachy seems to get angry at anything over 77 degrees F)? What is the flow like over his area? Are there any inverts living in the nearby rock (I have an emerald crab that sometimes likes to come over and irritate mine)?

If it is the lighting it is much more likely to be too much than too little if you have sps in there.

 

[Idonthaveanick]

My water temp is 79.5 and is stable at 79 all the time. I am using LED 165W (Chinese) Full Spectrum with the blues at 45 Intensity and the Rest at 30. I have a 46 Gallon Aquarium. My parameters are: PH 8.12 (Meassure with a PINPOINT Monitor) Nitrates 0, Nitrites 0, Ammonia 0, Phosphates 0, Mag 1400, Ca 420, dKh 10, Salinity 1.025.

 

[mcfa2403]

With my 90W kessil I keep my trachy ~30" form the light with whites set a little under 30%. It is hard to say with chinese LEDs how much output you are truly getting without PUR values but it seems like you may be blasting it as LEDs tend to be harsh on new corals. My experience with this species has been that it prefer 78 degrees or colder (just my experience though)

 

[sublime9182]

I have the exact same setup trachy in a 46 with chinease I keep mine 8 the far right corner shaded some usually I keep my blues at like 80 and whites around 50. I keep him in very low flow as well. Just putting my 2 cents in.

 

[Idonthaveanick]

Thank you all for your input, yea it is hard to tell with these LEDs since they have like double lenses or something, that is supposed to increase the output. I'm just afraid to lower the lights to a point that might affect my reverse superman monty. I really like that dude, but again, I think he might be fine since he is all the way to the top. We'll see.