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Old 06-26-2012, 07:35 PM
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It just takes time and the more you change things the longer it will take as well as less chance of recovery. You've already reduced the power to acceptable levels so the best you can do is wait. The LPS I bleached took over a month to regain color.
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Old 06-27-2012, 07:54 AM
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If the coral will take food, feed it. The zooxanthellae use some of the coral's metabolic wastes to grow, so if you keep the coral's metabolism up it may recover faster. More importantly, feeding will also help keep the coral healthy while it recovers. Don't force feed or over feed. Take it slow and easy and give'r time.

It's funny you should ask this today. I spent much of the day reading scientific papers on coral feeding, bleaching resistance and recovery... you know... instead of doing real work (writing PhD a paper sucks...)
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Old 06-27-2012, 06:28 PM
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http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog...d-availability corals by feeding them rotifers

found this while surfing-one of the reasons i feed my display and frag tank daily with rotifers and phyto culture
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Old 06-28-2012, 03:12 AM
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havent had the best of luck with bleached LPS myself. Feeding would be my only suggestion.
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