florida rics changing colour

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Bleaching? Going from lots of MH to low powered PC is a big drop in lighting intensity.

[Zoaelite]

Wouldn't he get a brown out instead? Less light means more zooxanthellae to capture it, in turn the coral would turn darker with more symbiote's present?

Have any photos?

[tang daddy]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Bleaching? Going from lots of MH to low powered PC is a big drop in lighting intensity.

I've seen corals that bleach from too little light go whitish aswell as the same result from too much light, because they're Florida rics they can take alot of light and the result is maybe the pc isn't giving them the spectrum they need to thrive, when my rics were left under a huge orange anchor because of shortage of room they were not so happy, most shrunk and were pale, they never quite recovered....

Frenchie, Does your tank get warm because heat is another factor of bleaching....

[Borderjumper]

I would guess not enought light. I've found some little ones that have come loose under rocks before and they have been really translucent.

I've found that rics like a lot of light.