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Old 08-02-2013, 02:35 AM
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HI guys so i was transferring everything from my old tank to my new tank and ran into a problem where the old tank didnt have any lights for a week as a result my purple acro has bleached, the tips are looking to return to its purple colour but the base is white and brown and some purple. my question is what are the chances of this coral recovering??
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Old 08-02-2013, 03:06 AM
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Pretty good, but I'd ramp the light up slowly.
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Old 08-02-2013, 03:16 AM
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the corals been in the new tank for a week, with the lights on at 1030 am and off at 11pm. but i do see the corals getting better, i just wish there was something else i could do to get them better quicker
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an Australian study stated that rotifers helped the healing process in bleached corals
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Old 08-02-2013, 01:17 PM
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the corals been in the new tank for a week, with the lights on at 1030 am and off at 11pm. but i do see the corals getting better, i just wish there was something else i could do to get them better quicker
That's a long photo period. Is there ramping up and down in there?
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Old 08-02-2013, 10:34 PM
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I have my atinics start at 10am to 11pm and the other t5s going from 1030 till 1030. Should I have the lights on for less time?
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Old 08-02-2013, 10:41 PM
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I would have your lights on for shorter time especially if your acros were sitting in the dark for a week, but I guess it's alittle late for that now.

I would've had the atinics on for 8 hrs and the rest for 5 the. Slowly built it up from there.
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