Bleached jack o lantern

[Nathan Wu]

I got a new coral today and I’m a beginner at this. I realized my light intensity is too high because my friend told me and when I put my jack o lantern into the tank, it started bleaching. I dont know what to do now. Can anyone help me plz?? I turned my light schedule down now but how can I heal it?

 

[Nathan Wu]

I dont know how well u guys can see it but it’s pretty bad. This is my light schedule on my ai prime now. I have a 18 by 18 cube. I really need help

 

[ndrwater]

Time and patience.
I have my lepto under an overhang. Has been doing well for years

 

[Nathan Wu]

Time and patience.
I have my lepto under an overhang. Has been doing well for years

So the light is good and I just got to wait it out? Will it heal that way?

 

[ndrwater]

I would put it in a semi shaded area, and yes, with other proper parameters, it should heal. Lepterosis are generally pretty hardy corals

 

[Nathan Wu]

I would put it in a semi shaded area, and yes, with other proper parameters, it should heal. Lepterosis are generally pretty hardy corals

Is this spot good? It’s completely under the rock so it’s shaded. Or should I put it where it gets at least a little bit of light?

 

[GoVols]

So the light is good and I just got to wait it out? Will it heal that way?

Read post #1

http://www.3reef.com/threads/wrinkle-coral-leptoseris.157296/

"Leptoseris is one of the toughest SPS corals I've encountered so far. I've bleached pieces down to the white of the skeleton only to have them make a full recovery when conditions were righted. Lepto seems to thrive in all conditions I place it in although care must be taken to keep them in cryptic or low light zones of a reef tank. Leptoseris has a unique structure which has been hypothesized to pass light through zooxanthellae filled tissues several times in order to scrub as much energy as possible from it which makes it possible for them to live at much lower light levels than most other corals."

 

[ndrwater]

I think that's about perfect!!!

 

[Nathan Wu]

Read post #1

http://www.3reef.com/threads/wrinkle-coral-leptoseris.157296/

"Leptoseris is one of the toughest SPS corals I've encountered so far. I've bleached pieces down to the white of the skeleton only to have them make a full recovery when conditions were righted. Lepto seems to thrive in all conditions I place it in although care must be taken to keep them in cryptic or low light zones of a reef tank. Leptoseris has a unique structure which has been hypothesized to pass light through zooxanthellae filled tissues several times in order to scrub as much energy as possible from it which makes it possible for them to live at much lower light levels than most other corals."

That’s relieving. Hopefully mine makes a full recovery too!!

 

[Nathan Wu]

I think that's about perfect!!!

Should I feed them? I read online that it helps but I never feed my coral before except for the hammerhead that gets some pieces of mysis.

 

[Nathan Wu]

Here’s a better view of the bleached parts.