Miami Hurricane losing color

[Bustyraker]

I have a few chalices and I have been carbon dosing for about 2 months or longer. All of my other chalices look great other than my Miami Hurricane, it still has good color in the eyes but all of the tissue has lightened or has a washed out look. I have it shaded on the bottom of my sandbed but I do have mainly SPS so my lights are fairly bright. Should I try spot feeding to see if it helps or try moving to a new area? Is there a chance my water is too clean? All of my other chalices are healthy and all Lps is happy.

 

[Tab28]

Could you take a pix? If the color is whitish it could be bleached. Corals will bleach suddenly if something in the water chemistry is shifted suddenly. As well as the usual lighting, if coral has been the the spot for awhile then that may he ruled out. A new coral can take weeks to show bleaching if light is too much. I would check the perimeters. Usually a swing in ph or alk.

 

[bfam4t6]

My Miami Hurricane Chalice was very upset for awhile. The only thing I could attribute it to was water chemistry. I stopped my 2 part dosing for awhile, as my LFS stopped carrying the brand I was used to. On top of that, I got busy and didn't do as many water changes.

Since once again upping my water changes, and once again dosing 2 part, my Miami has regained it's deep dark blue base, with bright orange and bright green eyes. I'm now dosing ESV's B-ionic 2 part. The chalice has put on 5 new eyes in the last month.

If you haven't tried B-Ionic, I highly recommend it. Super easy, and very very affordable too.

 

[Bustyraker]

I did stop using kalk whenever I started carbon dosing.