can I save the acros, if so how?

[Drinky]

Tank is a SCA 66 "32 wide 24 front to back 20 tall" been running since April 2018.water 9.6 dhk 460 cal 1380 mag 5 no3 .19 po4 tested Sunday added new carbon and GFO to reactor, didn't run GFO last month.

So I ordered some corals they came in Wednesday. They were pretty cold, and I'm new to acro and I didn't float them before dipping and they are now in rough shape.
I dose BW aminos and BRS 2 part with TM Part C.

 

[Drinky]

better shot of the tank.
Lighting is radion xr 30 pro gen 4 ab+ program about 150 par just in front of that birds nest about 60-80 par at the frag rack where the rasta zoas are and way less in the back with the acros. The frag rack was centered with the light and a bit higher on the glass after dip acclimation but the acros looked really bleached out so I moved them down and back out of the light.
What should I do? Leave them? move them to higher par? Cross fingers and hope for the best?

 

[Camaro Show Corals]

Why are you running your lights so low? Sps like high light acclimated 250-350 par for some beginner sps.

 

[Drinky]

Where they were after dip before I moved them today.

Sorry for the unsightly GHA, I wouldn't post such shameful picks of the money pit like this if it wasn't dire!

 

[MERKEY]

I'm really new to SPS but I do not believe 150 par is enough to get healthy growth out of them. I could be completely wrong so I'm sorry if I am. Some here keep them at 400 or higher.

 

[Drinky]

Oh forgot, Coral in Question are mid row left to right Red Planet, Pink Lemonade, purple tort. Close row left to right green slime stag and light blue stag. all from the first pick

 

[Drinky]

Well they didn't seem to like the 80 or so par they were under so I don't dare give them more light.
The green slimmer just under the monti cap turned brown when I put it on the frag rack in the back on the other side. Left it there for a week then moved it to where it is now, week later it was bright green.
I think the problem was I warmed them up too quick and now they are super angry.

 

[Drinky]

The light is fine for the coral I have. This order of frags are/were ment for my new SPS tank, about 4-5 months old. The new tank has a Miaygi tort and a PC rainbow but they aren't doing great. I acclimated them in the older tank in the pictures, so the lighting and water are fine, not great light but they are encrusting so growth is growth.

MY question is what to do about bleached out frags.

 

[Drinky]

Also I didn't plan on leaving the acros at 80 par on the rack where they are, after about a week if things go well and they look like they want/are ready for more light i made room on the small frag rack behind the birds nest where the FF and bubblegum digi's are. That is where the Miyagi tort and PC rainbow were before I moved them to the new tank to make room for the new acros.

 

[LAReefer4Life]

I’d shut off or remove the GFO. You’re nutrients are low (no3 & po4) and running GFO in my experience with ultra low nutrient systems bleaches out acros.

 

[Drinky]

You are right low no3 and po4 will bleach out corals, but no3 of 5 ppm is about right, my understanding. Po4 at 0.19 is high, most people like to keep it between .1 and .03.
I'm not going to totally rule out nutrients causing the problem but it wasn't a problem for the other acros.
Like i said in the post pretty sure it is from the temperature changing to fast.

 

[Drinky]

My new sps tank has about 1 no3 and maybe .oo1 po4 "hanna ULR of 1" and the coral are colored not happy but polyps out.

 

[LAReefer4Life]

Was in the in car when I was replying to this. I skim read this as .019. You're 100% correct.

 

[Drinky]

no problem man, thanks for have a look and helping out.

 

[JCOLE]

I agree that they need higher par. On the side they are probably less than that. I have 650 par and in my corners drop to 50 par. Also, they might just be stressed from the shipping. Could just take some time to adjust and start coloring up.

 

[Drinky]

Is that what you do with bleached out corals? give them more light. I was under the assumption that if a coral is turning white you should give it less light until it turns darker and wants more light.
I think I stressed them out with the temp change and they don't want anything but a nice dark place to recover, if they recover.
I'm looking for some one who has saved corals after such terrible negligence. If you have had this happen and saved them or can say what to do I would like your opinion.
If you honestly think a bleached coral needs more light give me a good reason for it. Not just I run my lights at X or acros like X par.
Sorry not trying to be a dick but telling me to give a bleached out coral more light "every one seems to tell me this" I would like to know why not just BRS talking points about par, I watch the videos to man.

 

[Drinky]

Again this tank is mostly LPS with a few easy mode SPS. The acros are not going to stay in this tank. I will put them in the new SPS tank, but that tank needs another month or 3 to be read to keep acros happy, I have 2 acros in there now "the new tank" that were healed in the tank I am now talking about. I live in South Dakota and it snowed today. So ordering acro frags is just going to get more sketchy from here till spring!!! So the idea was put them in the LPS tank untill the SPS tank is ready. Yes I know this is greedy and nothing good happens fast in reef tanks.
It went well with the stag i got from the LFS. So I ordered 2 acros from Boom and that went well too.
This order came in cold and I didn't float them. Warmed them up way too fast and they bleached out.

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

I would not increase par right now, let them settle in a bit. No sps likes to be shipped or dipped. you should let the GFO do its job. Just keep things stable and I think they will be fine. If you didn't inspect them with a hand lens I would HIGHLY recommend you inspect around the base for flat worm eggs. Let us know how they progress. I would agree though that they will be happier in the 250+ par range

 

[Drinky]

Update pics

 

[Drinky]

Overview of the tank