Grape coral whitening.

[John A!10]

Does anybody now what the cause of this is? The coral is fine although before the neon green tip of the tentacles some are turning whitish orange.

 

[vetteguy53081]

A photo would be of great advantage for assessing the issue , but many corals if appearing healthy and has white tips are a sign of growth. Assuming we are referring to an SPS specimen, the white tips are a sign of growth .
If not growth, is a result of lights too bright. Try to run blues high , whites lower. I and many run blues at 70% and whites at 30% or below

 

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grape is euphyllia. i would believe the bleaching is caused by zoox bailout. have you changed the lighting at all? how long have you had it for? any changes in water conditions?

 

[John A!10]

I’ve had it for about a week here’s a pic.

 

[DSC reef]

It looks a little bleached to me

 

[John A!10]

Not the tip that is just the camera but the thing inside.

 

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that looks like a natural color shift due to varying water parameters and/or lighting.

 

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btw, grape coral isn’t always easy to find and i like the color of yours, regardless of what it looked like before. it looks more like a nice orange/peach color.

 

[John A!10]

btw, grape coral isn’t always easy to find and i like the color of yours, regardless of what it looked like before. it looks more like a nice orange/peach color.

Thanks.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

I’ve had it for about a week here’s a pic.

Give it some time, other than the color shift it looks healthy.