My coral is bleaching

[Miles Griswold99]

my watermelon chalice Is starting to get brown mucus like substance and is starting to bleach on the perimeter of the coral. Does anyone know why?

 

[georgeburt]

What is your lighting schedule? What are your parameters?

 

[Miles Griswold99]

What is your lighting schedule? What are your parameters?

I typically run 9 am to 9 pm

 

[1guydude]

Brown jelly? Google brown jelly disease. Its a coral problemo. Usually both your coral problems are from water chemistry. Check salt and alk.
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[Jekyl]

I typically run 9 am to 9 pm

12 hours of peak lighting? What lights are you using? What are the tank parameters?

 

[Miles Griswold99]

12 hours of peak lighting? What lights are you using? What are the tank parameters?

I’m using a

Sanrise A029 Aqua Knight 30W CREE Nano Aquarium LED​

It’s super cheap because I dint know if I really wanted to do saltwater but love it now.
for my parameters I have a specific gravity of 1.023.5 ammonia 0 ppm phosphate 0.25 ppm ph 8.1 oh 10.2dkh Calcium 425 ppm temperature 77.5 and the tank size is 15 gallons no protein skimmer. I have a hob filter and a lot of liverock

 

[Jekyl]

Not familiar with that light. Have you checked to see if it is enough for coral?

 

[Miles Griswold99]

Not familiar with that light. Have you checked to see if it is enough for coral?

It sed it is. and my torch coral, Zoas and gsp are doing amazing

 

[JAMreef]

This may not be the issue you’re having however, when I was running a small tank similar in size it was running very warm about 82 - 86 degrees! I didn’t realize this was an issue at first because ome of my corals were fine as you are mentioning however over time it caused my hammer to start to bleach...

thankfully I was able to upgrade to a 75gal and do not have the temp issues anymore. Also I managed to save the hammer coral.

As I stated this may not be your issue but I thought it might be worth pointing out.

 

[Miles Griswold99]

This may not be the issue you’re having however, when I was running a small tank similar in size it was running very warm about 82 - 86 degrees! I didn’t realize this was an issue at first because ome of my corals were fine as you are mentioning however over time it caused my hammer to start to bleach...

thankfully I was able to upgrade to a 75gal and do not have the temp issues anymore. Also I managed to save the hammer coral.

As I stated this may not be your issue but I thought it might be worth pointing out.

Thanks! at this point I’m taking Any advice.

 

[EuphylliaAddict]

I’m using a

Sanrise A029 Aqua Knight 30W CREE Nano Aquarium LED​

It’s super cheap because I dint know if I really wanted to do saltwater but love it now.
for my parameters I have a specific gravity of 1.023.5 ammonia 0 ppm phosphate 0.25 ppm ph 8.1 oh 10.2dkh Calcium 425 ppm temperature 77.5 and the tank size is 15 gallons no protein skimmer. I have a hob filter and a lot of liverock

I would go 8 hrs of light and get salinity up to around 1.026 if you can, calcium is close and you want high magnesium if you can get that up. Try just bumping salinity up and add some magnesium because it can be sky high with no Ill effects, just dose it daily until you're up there around 1500 or so. Also try getting more flow to the coral so it can get rid of the mucus but not direct flow. That's just my $20

 

[Miles Griswold99]

I would go 8 hrs of light and get salinity up to around 1.026 if you can, calcium is close and you want high magnesium if you can get that up. Try just bumping salinity up and add some magnesium because it can be sky high with no Ill effects, just dose it daily until you're up there around 1500 or so. Also try getting more flow to the coral so it can get rid of the mucus but not direct flow. That's just my $20

Thanks for the info I will use it.

 

[EuphylliaAddict]

Thanks for the info I will use it.

Please give an update on salinity then, I'd start small Maybe .5sg difference a day until around 1.025/1.026