Is My Acro growing or dying?

[R33fDaddy]

Hi Everyone,

I got my first Acro about a month ago and I notice it has some white tips? Is this a sign of growth or death?

Water Quality
Alkalinity 9.9 dkh
Calcium 500 ppm
Magnesium 1470 ppm
Nitrates 0.05ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Phosphates 0ppm
Salinity 1.027
Temp 77 Degrees

Feed Reed Energy AB+ once per day.

 

[Reefer_punk]

White tips like this are a sign of growth. The foot of your coral is bleaching tho. Your phosphate is too low!

 

[R33fDaddy]

White tips like this are a sign of growth. The foot of your coral is bleaching tho. Your phosphate is too low!

I'll cut back on the lighting period if my Algae Scrubber, maybe that will rise Phosphates a little. Will the bleaching stop or is it a death sentence?

 

[Reefer_punk]

It can stop (slow tissue necrosis) when po4 is measurable and doesn't swing too much. When you see that the bleaching goes faster, you can frag the coral and try to save it