Hammer coral bleaching?

[Jack Sparrow]

Hi I have had a hammer coral for about a week now and ever since I got it it's been pink and white, if you look really close you can almost see a hind of green, I placed it very high in my tank and just now I saw brown stringy stuff come out of one of its heads, I have two frags I moved one lower for about 2 days and it didn't open up until I put it back at the top. Do I need to move this coral down, is it bleaching, or pooping?

 

[Reeferdood]

It could be pooping or expelling zooxanthellae, they are not fans of bright lights.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

It could be pooping or expelling zooxanthellae, they are not fans of bright lights.

Should I move it down

 

[Reeferdood]

What kind of lights are you using and tell us more about your system, it might be fine where it is.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

What kind of lights are you using and tell us more about your system, it might be fine where it is.

The stock lighting of a fluval evo 5, 31 white led and 6 blue

 

[Thomasj616]

Definitely move it down
Even to the bottom and slowly work it up
I spent a month finding the sweet spot in my 125 it’s hard to find the right combo of flow and light