Lobophyllia bleaching?

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So, my lobophyllia is a very bright shade of green, and looking back it was nowhere near this color a few weeks ago. Now this is really concerning to me, as in afraid it's bleaching due to some environmental factor. Though my parameters are stable, I did start dosing trace elements a few weeks ago so... is this the result of that, is it just coloring up or is this a problem?

 

[Lemons]

Looks like tissue recession mixed with bleaching... change anything besides dosing trace elements?

IE changing spectrum, upping intensity, changing location?

Also what are these stable parameters?

 

[Lavey29]

How are you dosing trace elements? How much are you dosing? How are you testing for trace?

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Looks like tissue recession mixed with bleaching... change anything besides dosing trace elements?

IE changing spectrum, upping intensity, changing location?

Also what are these stable parameters?

Not recession, just closed up in the photo

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

How are you dosing trace elements? How much are you dosing? How are you testing for trace?

I'm using red sea trace colors, it's a dose-by-calcium formula

 

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Also to note, the coral is in the process of splitting so that may play a part of it

 

[Lavey29]

I'm using red sea trace colors, it's a dose-by-calcium formula

Ok that's good, that's what I use also. My Lobo is bottom side of the tank in maybe 100 par

 

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Ok that's good, that's what I use also. My Lobo is bottom side of the tank in maybe 100 par

Also been keeping phosphate zero, thinking that might play a role in it, I've been feeding multiple cubes a day for the coral in order to keep them nourished, but also haven't fed reef-roids in a while, might try that. He does have a strong feeding response at night

 

[Lavey29]

Also been keeping phosphate zero, thinking that might play a role in it, I've been feeding multiple cubes a day for the coral in order to keep them nourished, but also haven't fed reef-roids in a while, might try that. He does have a strong feeding response at night

Yes 0 is bad

 

[vetteguy53081]

So, my lobophyllia is a very bright shade of green, and looking back it was nowhere near this color a few weeks ago. Now this is really concerning to me, as in afraid it's bleaching due to some environmental factor. Though my parameters are stable, I did start dosing trace elements a few weeks ago so... is this the result of that, is it just coloring up or is this a problem?

I see recession in lieu of dying and can be as simple as:

High salinity
Elevated tank temperature
Irritation from sand
High calcium
High Phosphates
Low alk
starvation ( feed these mysis shrimp)
Insufficient water flow which occurs often at lower region of tank

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I see recession in lieu of dying and can be as simple as:

High salinity
Elevated tank temperature
Irritation from sand
High calcium
High Phosphates
Low alk
starvation ( feed these mysis shrimp)
Insufficient water flow which occurs often at lower region of tank

Dosent like mysis, there isn't any recession, the white part is new tissue where it split. I will try mysis during tonight's feeding response

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

I see recession in lieu of dying and can be as simple as:

High salinity
Elevated tank temperature
Irritation from sand
High calcium
High Phosphates
Low alk
starvation ( feed these mysis shrimp)
Insufficient water flow which occurs often at lower region of tank

Alk is 7.3, has been for months. I'll try and coat mysis with reef-roids to see if I can trick it into eating it

 

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Update: it is definitely not due to stress, as he was fully open during tonight's feeding, though I've dropped in 12 small cubes (15 ml of frozen coral food) and a half serving of reef-roids (I don't think my corals like reef roids very much) and my phosphates are still zero a few hours after the feedings, though the coral might have been malnourished as I've only been feeding 1/3 of that daily, but one of the polyps still has its full coloration. Could it be new growth and just spreading out the zooanthelle? Anyway my temp is also been 78 degrees for anyone saying it could be tempature, here's an update photo (he rejected the mysis, seems to prefer trying to catch food out of the water)

Could it just be adjusting/using most of its energy to split?

 

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Here's a slightly clearer photo, just seems to be an absence of zooanthelle on those two polyps, though since this is a fishless setup for now I'll try broadcast feeding multiple times per day

 

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Due to splitting? What do you think, or is this just what trace elements do?

 

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UPDATE: Ended up moving him to a lower light slightly higher flow spot, think it was a combination of almost no flow and too high light as it's not water parameters (everything else in my tank is doing great) it's still low flow but should be enough to blow away any waste built up in the cup and give him better access to oxygen and food

(Sandbed center left)

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Ok that's good, that's what I use also. My Lobo is bottom side of the tank in maybe 100 par

100 par is what I'm shooting for (unfortunately I don't have a PAR meter so I'm just guessing) I put him near another low light (~100 par coral) and I'll see how he does

 

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Anddd, this is the situation I'm in now

That is NOT tissue recession, that is transparent tissue. Any coming back from this?

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Anddd, this is the situation I'm in now

That is NOT tissue recession, that is transparent tissue. Any coming back from this?

Also. The head on the left looks OK, this is a wild caught colony and was collected during the process of splitting so that may have caused stress on those heads, also one has some boring clam holes (not still alive) and 2 living coral barnicles, so I'm not sure. Though any Saving this?

 

[hexcolor reef]

Looks like tissue recession mixed with bleaching... change anything besides dosing trace elements?

IE changing spectrum, upping intensity, changing location?

Also what are these stable parameters?

One shouldn’t up intensity of lights of tissue recession is present. A dip then moved to a low light area