What makes an SPS bleach out????

[Xenia King]

What are the reasons that SPS bleach out?

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

water parameter's, calcium, ph, nitrite, ammonia, just overall not good water quality! please list some more info on your tank, as in your water parameters as listed above and what you have in your tank, etc...hope this help's...

 

[aujay]

I've also read that UV can cause corals to bleach. A post to the SPS forum might get more responses.

 

[ljsreptiles]

i've had sps bleach due to high alkalinity

 

[RedEyeElf]

to much light, taking off your glass shield on your MH, bad acclimation

 

[rssjsb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9214638#post9214638 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ljsreptiles
i've had sps bleach due to high alkalinity

me too

 

[IPowderBlueTang]

I lost two due to a tank leak and switching around from rubbermaid back to reseal tank.

 

[cham]

Low nutrients, P04 are the top canidates.

 

[BONDQ]

High phosphate or rapid change in water parameters can do it.

 

[Craig Lambert]

If it happens during the first two weeks it's likely due to lighting. SPS should be placed on the bottom of the tank and moved up gradually over a couple of weeks.

 

[ConcreteReefer]

I had a green acro bleach after falling onto an LPS (acan lord).