Will my Garf Bonsai recover?

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I bought a small colony from a guy that was breaking his tank down. Everything else is fine. He had to cut the colony off a rock... any way... no tissue loss, just bleached up top. Wasn't even sliming. He had way more light than me so I know it isn't my light. It was how I brought it home.

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In a small bucket. Owner said it was colored that morning and I came over at noon.... but it was colored the day before... I miss understood. So it was like that there... get my point?

Anyway, it was my water in the bucket, I have less light and less Alk/ca so I'm thinking it will come around.
 
Re: Will my Garf Bonsai recover?

Is the bonsai on the left. I can't tell on the phone, but the center piece is def. A Mille.

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I will agree with it's a Milli.
I'm fairly new to SPS but I alway's drip aclimate any new coral's befor I dip them in the water in the bowl once it has aclimated.
I have had some SPS bleech out completely left them in the tank and a few month's later they grew back so I would leave it keep your Alk and temp stable and wait it out should be fine.
I just watched a YouTube video last week about SPS bleeching in the wild from the temps of the waters getting warmer and they said most of the time they will come back once the temp lowers.
Here are a couple articles
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/36984/andaman-sea-coral-reefs-hit-by-bleaching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNpbqoHWqfc

I found this interesting because no one I have talked to about bleeching brought up temp's
 
Come on guys, it's the only pic I had available. I'm not talking about the pink milli, I'm talking about the bleached Bonsai on the right.

But it isn't from acclimating, it was like that in his tank, but I misunderstood him as far as when it happened. Point is if it dies then I will have to talk to him. I think it will bounce back, but just wanted to check. As far as the lights, he has 2x400w MH over a 120 and I have 2x250w over my 90g. His alk is at 11 and mine is at 9 so it isn't getting more stressed by higher numbers.

I realize a lot of folks drip acclimate but I have never drip acclimated anything and I have never had anything go South going in my tank.

I also have never had anything bleach on me so I don't really know much about it. So I just wanted to know as long as the stressor is removed... I'm assuming it being out of water and getting cut off a rock the day before.... then should it be OK???

Thanks.
 
If it's just the tip's I would say you have a good chance of it making it.
Like I said I had 4 coral's bleech on me and 3 came back 100% I would leave it and watch to see if it get's worse
 
Paulca916 said:
If it's just the tip's I would say you have a good chance of it making it.
Like I said I had 4 coral's bleech on me and 3 came back 100% I would leave it and watch to see if it get's worse
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That's cool... right now I really don't see any tissue loss, just color loss. So I was thinking it was not too bad.
 
Ya freshly cut frag's do that it should bounce back I have my finger's crossed for ya.
I had a few Acro's lose color due to me not catching that my phosphate's went up (didn't change my media in time)but once I replaced my phosphate media the color came back brighter than ever
 
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