War coral bleaching?

[Kairus]

My war coral has been slowly losing color, I've tried putting it in different heights of my tank, and most recently it was on my sandbed and didn't see much improvement.

Larger picture here.

It was under 160w of 460nm LEDs with 90 degree lenses. Today I moved it to my 20 gallon which is lit by a D120, blues are set to 100% and whites are at around 15%. The picture I took is in that tank under whites only.

The tank it was in has an alk about 12dKH, calc 420ppm, mag 1350ppm.

 

[Art13]

I'd say too much light, move him low and possibly shaded, it will take a bit for him to get his color back.

 

[snorvich]

I'd say too much light, move him low and possibly shaded, it will take a bit for him to get his color back.

That would be my guess as well. I do use LED but no where near at 100%

 

[ahmed_iAM]

100% blue is over kill. I have the d120 over half my tank thats 2' deep. Keep it at 85%. Whites at 60 for 2 hr mid day.

 

[Art13]

i have reef breeders over my tank, hanging about 2 feet above the top, tank is roughly 24-27 inches deep, highest rock with an sps on it is about 8 inches from the water line. I max at 60 blues and 30 whites for roughly 2 hours during the day, any more light and i would start bleaching my sps, judging by the colors they have. lps i keep near the bottom and are doing just fine.

 

[jgalen0025]

war coral will only show its deep red color under low lighting. Any coral that naturally grows flat usually means it is used to living in low light.

 

[SaltyWalter]

It does look like it had too much light, It can still recover but will take some time, just be sure uour water params stay good. It also would benefit from good levels of strontium, potasium, iron, iodine, and bromide to regain its full colors.

war coral will only show its deep red color under low lighting. Any coral that naturally grows flat usually means it is used to living in low light.

As for this, i dont see any of that true IMO. I grow war coral at 300 par from T5s, so its typically an LED vs T5 vs Halide and how intense they are (wont debate those here) rather than a low or high light.

And encrusting montis grow flat, are they low light? Didnt think so. Base the amount of blue and white light off of where the coral is found in the ocean, not how it grows.

 

[jgalen0025]

salty walt

salty walt

It does look like it had too much light, It can still recover but will take some time, just be sure uour water params stay good. It also would benefit from good levels of strontium, potasium, iron, iodine, and bromide to regain its full colors.




As for this, i dont see any of that true IMO. I grow war coral at 300 par(picture please!) from T5s, so its typically an LED vs T5 vs Halide and how intense they are (wont debate those here) rather than a low or high light.
I never said you couldnt grow a war coral in higher light but it is happiest in lower light. Most corals can be acclimated to higher light and grown but thats not what I said.

And encrusting montis grow flat, are they low light? Didnt think so.(why the snide remark?) Base the amount of blue and white light off of where the coral is found in the ocean, not how it grows.
A general theme for some photosynthetic animals that I have noticed in nature is that an organism that grows "flatter" (ect ect) it is used to a low light environment and grows that way to have the most amount of light hitting it. It is very logical, just take a look around. Of course there are always exceptions(im not an expert). Encrusting montis dont need high light to flourish at all, in fact I have the best and deepest color in medium light.

Where the coral is found has to do with how much light the coral receives and has nothing to do with species specific growth pattern

 

[triggreef]

back to the matter at hand, For that war coral to recover you need to let it be in a lower light area (not to be confused with NO light area. I have mine under LED at a max of about 150 par for only 5 hrs a day, ramping up and down from there. This is 90% blues and only 60% whites.

Also keep in mind it could take 4 months or more before it gets some color back.

 

[jgalen0025]

Srry back on track.

Have you confirmed that it is still alive? It should have feeding tentacles out at night or if you feed it. If it is, move to lower light and try feeding it directly to make it as happy as possible. It can take a long time to recover but in a mature tank with good water params it shouldnt take more than 4-8 weeks. I got mine from a local reefer and it was light red/orange and in 4 weeks under a ledge it has darkened up considerably but not up to its true deep brick red.

 

[lynchmob3000]

Looks like you have some algae issues too. May dip it in revive and some iodide also. It could be biological looking at how it receded around the edges and how it looks like you have some algae issues or just beat the algae.