millepora bleaching?

Bugsy · #1 07-07-2008, 01:23 AM

Never had one of these but is it:

On the bottom
Strong Flow
Mod-High light

If you just added it yesterday most corals take time to adjust to their new surroundings.

How old is your tank??

tgoeujon · #2 07-07-2008, 04:22 AM

tanks a year and a half. SG is 1.024. temp was at 82 could that be the problem?

fencer · #3 07-07-2008, 04:54 AM

82 is kinda hi

Oceanic · #4 07-07-2008, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by fencer

82 is kinda hi

82 is not high as long as the temp stays consistant, my tank runs at 81-81.5 24/7 and is very healthy. It is drastic daily temp fluctuations rather that any certain set temp that can be bad for the general tank health.

Oceanic · #5 07-07-2008, 05:45 AM

Sometimes RTN situations just cannot be explained, some wild harvested colonies just never seem to acclimate vs aquacultured varieties.

marie · #6 07-07-2008, 05:48 AM

My tanks have hit 86 with no problems, I doubt it's the temp.

Is it just getting paler or is it actually losing tissue?
As Oceanic said sometimes wild harvested colonies never adjust to life in a tank

tgoeujon · #7 07-07-2008, 07:18 AM

two branches went bright white in about 6 hours. i tried doing a dip in seachem reef dip and have fragged all the white areas off. i guess well see what the morning shows.