Strawberry shortcake

[JMurphy97]

Hello I recenty bought some sps frags to add to my 40 breeder. They are a green slimer, blueberry delight, and a strawberry shortcake. I use a radion for light and dropped the intensity down to about 25% on natural mode for 12 hours. I did the coral rx dip. My paramters are:

temp-77
sg-35ppt
cal-400
alk-8.8
mag-1395
ammonia-0
nitrate-0
natrite-0

I started them down on the sandbed then a week later moved them low on the rock. The blueberry and slimer adjusted pretty quick showing pe almost the next day. The shortcake never really did and when I woke up on Saturday it was plain white.

Question is are these more sensitive to light? Did I move it too soon? My lfs will give me a credit that I can use for a new one. I'm on the fence if i should or not. Flow I have 2 mp10's on the back wall running tidel swell 50% each. I have two clownfish, a frgospawn, duncan, and birdsnest sps. All doing awesome.

Any advice would be awesome. Thanks.

 

[sanababit]

Plain white, you mean dead or bleached?, just get another one if your lfs is willing to replace, sps are finicky some like your tank some dont, and if you are worried a out your lights then start low and move up every 5 or 7 days upwards till you reach the sweet spit where you wanted, good luck

Sana

 

[JMurphy97]

Start the light low or the coral low? I'm pretty sure dead. It made it threw a week on the sand but a day or two on the rock its dead. Its kinda depressing.

 

[kpg007]

Thats why Strawberry Shortcake are a pricey SPS. They are very touchy, and can die very easily. I had mine for about a week and it died the next day.

You can try it again, but be warned this is not an easy SPS

 

[JMurphy97]

Well the first one was only $20 so yeah I jumped on it. They will give me a credit for that but only have one other for $35. That is the only place without online for me. Other then that its online and minimum orders or high shipping costs.