Sylophora? Birdsnest? Doing bad?... Too much flow/light?

[Charley Diesing]

I have some acros, montis that are doing very well in my tank. I have very intense lighting and rather high flow. My params are all good(otherwise I believe the acros would be doing poor. But for some reason my Sylo's, and Birds have very poor PE, and bleach.

Lighting: Single 150watt DE 14k phoenix.

Flow: 1x Mp10 Reef Crest/70%, Mag 3.5 return/200gph, Tunze 6015/450 gph

Maybe they just can't handle the intense lighting/flow?


Any thoughts are welcome/appreciated!

 

[Touring]

any pics....

 

[smtank]

I do not believe lighting is the issue, maybe initial placement but not lighting in respect that it's too intense.

You really need to put up some values parameter wise.

I looked at your tank thread, the tank looks great BTW, it also looks relatively young. If sps are bleaching and not loosing tissue I would move them down.

 

[Charley Diesing]

I do not believe lighting is the issue, maybe initial placement but not lighting in respect that it's too intense.The thing is, is he is pretty far away from the light. He might be getting to much direct flow from my Mp10

You really need to put up some values parameter wise.
Cal:420 Alk: 10.5 Mag:1360 Nitrites:0 Phos: Unknown but no algae issues at all PH: 8.0 Temp: 80 F

I looked at your tank thread, the tank looks great BTW, it also looks relatively young. If sps are bleaching and not loosing tissue I would move them down.
Thanks, The tank itself is about 1 month old, but all the liverock, and water is 1 year old. I had a 40 breeder set up but decided to put in a 20 long instead. I also moved the stylo on my frag rack and it seems to be doing a little better.

 

[Charley Diesing]

any pics....

I would but all I got is an Iphone, and we all know how those pics look lol... I'll try and see if I can get a decent pic later.

 

[bobkill]

Did you light acclimate them?

 

[Charley Diesing]

Did you light acclimate them?

Yessir the Stylo has been in the tank for probably around 2-2.5 months.

 

[TylerHaworth]

If you have ultra low nitrates/phosphates the alkalinity that high could potentially be causing the burning/bleaching.

 

[laxman5]

If you have ultra low nitrates/phosphates the alkalinity that high could potentially be causing the burning/bleaching.

I think you are correct on this one sir... I have been scanning the forum for my problem.

1.Recently did 2 water changes on my red Sea 250
2. Turned on my GFO/carbon reactor for a day
3. Increased my ALK over 9 dhk from 6

Corals=water probably too clean- worst color I have ever had.

I wanted to "increase the color" of my corals/mostly my monti's.. since then I think I messed it up.