Whats wrong with my nuclear greens?

[saltydog64]

Water test(s)

Water test(s)

Update:

unfortunately I think my nuclear greens are passing away not because of the bleaching but because I was upgrading to RO/DI water, and hadn't cleaned the tank (i was waiting for the ro/di to come in before cleaning the tank, and that took about another week) so by my mistake they're suffering.

But I still have a couple polyps left and they're just barely alive, i did my first complete change today so the waters perfect. Could it be too late? Some polyps have already died but there are definitely 3-4 left.

Tenn......sorry to hear that............but so we all can continue to learn from each other could you post your water parms.....especially your Nitrates in PPM...before your recent water change and oh ya what do u mean "complete water change" hopefully not 100 % !!!!!......

Hope the bal. make it and good luck

Dick

 

[Tennyson]

Haha no it waSz about a 40% water change. I actually don't know my params before I changed the water but I'm sure phosphates were high (or whatever causes an overgrowth of algea) and nitrates were usually around 20 ppm. I think it could have made it if it wasn't already recovering from too much light because my other zoanthids. Are perfectly fine

 

[Felixc395]

I had some Nuclear Greens that had the same problem. They were to high up in the light and started to almost bleach. I tried moving it down and it did help and they're fine today. I would hold on to your hope. Zoanthids can be very tough and hopefully your zoanthids will recover soon!

 

[650-IS350]

They CAN take light and acutally like light more than PD's. I had some 8-10" directly under 8 T5s (54x8) and have some 12" or so directly under 250MH and 4 T5s. If anything I'd check the Temp, KH and pH. FLow is also good for these guys, good indirect flow.
I do 50% or more water changes in my 37gal and have NO issues, as long as you match the temp, pH your SHOULD be good.

Dirty water is taken too much into context here on this board to much IMO. Just like any other coral, they like good water with stable parameters. They like the occational feedings and extra nutrients in the water. I don't think polyps like ZEO type tanks were the water is too prestine in no extra nutrients available, just enough for the corals to take in.

I DON'T really take readings on my nitirate, Nitrite and Phosphate. Just make sure the following parameters are around , temp (76-80), kH/DKH (8-10), pH 8.0-8.2, don't make drastic changes while dosing, always gradual. If your tank was fine the way it was, don't change a thing and start adding anything extra or out of the norm. " If it ain't broke then don't try to fix it. ", trust me I learned that the hard way.
Under 8 T5s

Under 250mh's x 4T5s, after being fragged.