Chalice loosing color

[jabberwock]

i call him space pizza. Been in the same spot for 3 months, in the bottom third of the tank. Biocube 32 stock lighting. Tank is 131 days old. White light s for 7 hours a day, an hour ramp on either end, blues for 2 hours before and after, and also blues the entire time whites are on. Will check parameters this afternoon, but they are always solid. Has been doing great, growing and adding eyes around the edges until yesterday. I noticed the color was off, and now has this white spot at 2 o'clock. I stopped using reef roids because they spiked nitrates and had a cyano outbreak. Is it hungry?

 

[Rjramos]

Here is the same chalice you got. In my main tank and 24in deep on the bottom, they have nice color. When I place frags of this coral in my 12” deep frag tank, they tend to bleach and then color back up slowly. I can’t adjust the lights to less intensity. Too much light especially white and water temp will cause problems with this chalice.

 

[Michael Naegeli]

It’s for sure losing tissue. I would suggest a lot less white light and as low as u can get it.

 

[tom g]

we call them Hollywood stunners , careful with them when u get it healthy and close to other corals they have wicked long sweeper tentacles that come out at nite and give good sting to other corals ...as above lower down a bit and should recover pretty bullet proof coral

 

[jabberwock]

I can pop it off the Rock and move it down 4 inches down to the sand band. Should I put it in some shade too? Should I shorten photo period too?

 

[jabberwock]

Parameters look like this
Phosphate - 0
Nitrate - 0
Ammonia - 0
pH - 8.0
Calcium - 400
kH - 9 or 161
Temp - 79
Specific gravity - 0.0127 (a little high, topped off with fresh ro/di water)

I know I have phosphates and nitrates locked up in my green hair algae, but I don't really mind the algae. I have a hungry lawnmower blenny to think of.

 

[jabberwock]

we call them Hollywood stunners , careful with them when u get it healthy and close to other corals they have wicked long sweeper tentacles that come out at nite and give good sting to other corals ...as above lower down a bit and should recover pretty bullet proof coral

That is what the lfs called it. I have seen the sweepers, pretty cool stuff. I am not very pleased that I am killing a bulletproof coral...

 

[tom g]

It will come back ....

 

[jabberwock]

Getting worse. I will post a pic when the lights come on.

 

[jabberwock]

I think this one is a goner...

 

[John3]

Yeah hate to say it but that’s not likely coming back. These corals are very hardy. I’ve got a pretty big one and I have tried 3 times now to get a piece to grow in a friends tank and they always die exactly like yours.

In this case it’s not lighting, probably water paremeters. I’ve seen them loose color from lighting, tissue loss is probably a water issue.

 

[jabberwock]

I suppose I will boil it and make a stew. My parameters are always solid. I had it for 3 months before it started to die. Which water parameters do you suspect are off?

 

[tom g]

I had same issue at the beginning I kept trying and one finally took on me , and from there it has not stopped growing I have bought other montis to no avail ….

 

[Katrina71]

Don't write it off. Leave it. It may come back with a vengeance.

 

[jabberwock]

Don't write it off. Leave it. It may come back with a vengeance.

Yep, maybe so...

 

[John3]

I suppose I will boil it and make a stew. My parameters are always solid. I had it for 3 months before it started to die. Which water parameters do you suspect are off?

Did it always have the purple base color? Mine was bleached when I bought it as s tiny frag. It went from white with yellow mouths to purple with green mouths to eventually mostly green with bright green mouths. I feel like the coloring on this coral is very telling of it’s health. When it dies in my friends tank it normally turns purple first and then looses tissue.

 

[jabberwock]

It started out grey with green mouths. Looked, well stunning at first. It was growing new mouths around the edges for about 3 months and then one day started to turn brown, then white, now dead. My parameters are always solid. The only thing I can think of that was different was I added an old shell from the ocean for an additional hiding cave for my YWG, because he got beat up pretty bad by the Royal Gramma. That was about the same time the chalice started to turn for the worse. The shell was empty when I found it, and sat for several years. No oder to it...

 

[MurphyJ]

Here is the same chalice you got. In my main tank and 24in deep on the bottom, they have nice color. When I place frags of this coral in my 12” deep frag tank, they tend to bleach and then color back up slowly. I can’t adjust the lights to less intensity. Too much light especially white and water temp will cause problems with this chalice.

Do you know the name of the one bottom left in your DT pic?

 

[jabberwock]

I stuck it back in the corner. It has seemingly stabilized in this dismal state. All other tank inhabitants are thriving.
I am not hopeful.

 

[DSC reef]

I would try to frag off the remaining good tissue. I've had that chalice come back from a tiny bit of tissue.