New frags bleached

marvelousone · Mar 5, 2018

I got some frags last night. They where put in the tank around 8pm and tonight at 8 pm they are white. I put 7 frags in and 6 or total bleached. all my other corals are fine. Is it something I did wrong. First thing I did was dip them in coral dip/ro/di water. I put them on the sand bed.

Ludders · Mar 6, 2018

Sounds odd, did you let them slime up?

aquariumreefers · Mar 6, 2018

Any pics?

TX_Punisher · Mar 6, 2018

Maybe I'm reading it wrong? Did you give them a Freshwater dip?

TX_Punisher · Mar 6, 2018

Maybe I'm reading it wrong? Did you give them a Freshwater dip?

bean2986 · Mar 6, 2018

If you dipped in RODI that would be what bleached them. Coral dip should be tank water and coral dip mix especially for sensitive corals.

marvelousone · Mar 6, 2018

Ludders said:
Sounds odd, did you let them slime up?

They slimed when I put them in the tank

marvelousone · Mar 6, 2018

TX_Punisher said:
Maybe I'm reading it wrong? Did you give them a Freshwater dip?

Yes ro/di water with no salt

marvelousone · Mar 6, 2018

bean2986 said:
If you dipped in RODI that would be what bleached them. Coral dip should be tank water and coral dip mix especially for sensitive corals.

Then that's what did it. Dang I always use tank water but I was in a rush to get them in the tank. I had to leave.

coral-boss · Mar 6, 2018

how long did you have them in the r.o water?

Ludders · Mar 6, 2018

TX_Punisher said:
Maybe I'm reading it wrong? Did you give them a Freshwater dip?

well spotted, mystery solved

HB AL · Mar 6, 2018

Well at least we learned freshwater kills corals.

BoomCorals · Mar 6, 2018

Yea can't freshwater dip sps.

marvelousone · Mar 6, 2018

coral-boss said:
how long did you have them in the r.o water?

2-3 minutes

marvelousone · Mar 6, 2018

Well I have some polyps extension.

marvelousone · Mar 6, 2018

So maybe I can get them to pull through

Philp · Mar 8, 2018

marvelousone said:
Well I have some polyps extension.

amazing, looks like they might be okay with some tender love

marvelousone · Mar 11, 2018

So what can I do to help them color back up.

happyhourhero · Mar 11, 2018

Keep things as stable as possible and cross fingers. They are more resilient than most give them credit for but they hold grudges for a loooooong time.