Will Monti Digitata take cyclopeeze??

[Razzagas]

My digi is bleached and I don't know how to help it. It appears to still be growing, and all params are good
Thanks

 

[twon8]

i don't think it will take cyclopeeze. just give it good flow, and decent lighting and you should be fine, they are pretty hardy.

 

[Amphiprion]

Cyclopeeze will be too large for Montipora sp.

 

[Razzagas]

Thanks
How long until it gets its color back?

 

[Amphiprion]

That is impossible to tell. Just keep conditions good, observe it, and give it time.

 

[MCsaxmaster]

Agreed, that is probably too large for Montipora to take very easily. Usually Montipora spp. take a lot of very fine particulate material. I'd try the smallest size of golden pearls or maybe oyster eggs--something 50 um or smaller.

cj

 

[The DOC]

Why is it bleached? I'm sure its not because its underfed....

What kind of lights ya got? How high is this monti? Bright lights and high up WILL dull color in most monti's generally...just depends on K temp PAR etc....

Give us some info, and lets try to see why this monti's bleached...got pics?

Doc

 

[Razzagas]

I believe that the monti bleached because it was under the 2x250 watt 10 k Metal halide lights. Also, one day my temp went up to 84 degrees F (that was before i installed the fan). I also do not have much water movement...
I moved the monti down since it was up so high.
Sorry i can't take a picture (i don't have a Digital camera)
Thanks for all the help!

 

[twon8]

its doubt it was the heat that bleached it, probably most directly caused by lack of flow. get some more powerheads in there.

 

[poknsnok]

I would look for Monti Nudis. My digi was the first to show damage from them. they look like fuzzy white polyps. right on the edge of the bleaced area where it mees healthy material

 

[Razzagas]

Could it be nudis? Because my monti cap is doing fine...

 

[Razzagas]

Also, it didn't start to bleach slowly and in small spots...one day it was just all white instead of green...

 

[poknsnok]

got any pics?

 

[Rav-65]

Could be a case of too high light too... as you mentioned your have 2x250W 10KKs... I had my digis bleached too.... when I had them under 2x250s...

 

[Razzagas]

I will try to get a pick...

 

[manderx]

84-85 sometimes bleaches things in my tank. i do like to move bleached stuff down out of the light till it can start to recover.

i think low flow compounds heat issues. that it's not usually one or the other, but a combination of the two. higher temps increase metabolism (to a point obviously), which increases the need for gas exchange. but at the same time it reduces the amount of gasses dissolved in the water, requiring more and more flow to keep up. so you need more flow to cover the increased demand, plus more flow on top of that to cover the reduced efficiency of gas transfer.

 

[The DOC]

Doc strongly votes on the 10K's nuking it! I use 20K's and still put all monti's on the sandbed...good flow is a must to as pointed out...but I think you give er too much light she expelled her algea inside the tissue....keep it low give er lots of time...montis bleach out and recover quite well.....

Doc

 

[The DOC]

oh my tanks get up to 83 about every summer day...no harm

Doc

 

[Razzagas]

Heres a pic

 

[MCsaxmaster]

Yeah, high light + low flow + temp. near the coral's thermal maximum = bleaching.

Shade it and provide strong water flow. Feed with very, very fine particulate material and it should recover quickly. It can definitely recover if well cared for, but it needs a little TLC for a month or two.

Chris

p.s. Indeed, it has been demonstrated experimentally that increasing water flow decreases the incidence of bleaching and increases the rate of recovery. However, it is not yet clear why this is so. Gas exchange may be a important, but it isn't clear now what exactly it is about the water flow that has this effect (decreasing boundary layer, but what is it that the corals need to either get from the water or eliminate from their tissues???).