Bleaching birds nest

[DonJuanAntwon]

Upgraded my reef tank from a 10 gallon nano to a 25 gallon waterbox peninsula. All my corals (zoas, months, euphyllia, and mushrooms) have been doing good so far except my birds nest. Birds nest polyps are fully out but bleached white. I moved it down from where it was but colors not returning yet, been about 2 weeks. Should I just put it on the sandbed and work it back up?

I’m running an ai prime 16 with BRS settings but the whites toned down.

Phosphate 0.07
Nitrate 5
Ca 450
Alk 7.6 (need to bump this up)
Mg 1350

I had my birds nest right under my previous tanks light (hapgerro) in the middle and high up.

 

[blaxsun]

Myself, I probably wouldn't move it any lower or into the sand bed. I would slowly raise your alkalinity to 8-8.5dKH.

 

[DonJuanAntwon]

Myself, I probably wouldn't move it any lower or into the sand bed. I would slowly raise your alkalinity to 8-8.5dKH.

Thanks! I’ll try raising it slowly over the next week.

 

[IntrinsicReef]

Thanks! I’ll try raising it slowly over the next week.

What is your temperature and your temp swing day to night? Bleaching can be temp related. Especially more sensitive sps corals

 

[DonJuanAntwon]

What is your temperature and your temp swing day to night? Bleaching can be temp related. Especially more sensitive sps corals

There’s no huge swings in temp. I got my heater hooked up to my apex so it’s not moving more than 1 degree F over a long timeframe.

 

[IntrinsicReef]

There’s no huge swings in temp. I got my heater hooked up to my apex so it’s not moving more than 1 degree F over a long timeframe.

Yeah. That looks solid.