AngryMike2016
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Tank: 32 gallon Biocube, Steve's LEDs mod, inTank media rack
Filtration: tunze 9001 skimmer, BRS high capacity carbon (2/3rds dose), BRS rox carbon, filter floss
Fish: two snowflake clowns, tailspot blenny, firefish
Cleanup crew: variety of snails, skunk cleaner shrimp, no crabs, pink pincushion urchin
Coral: mixed reef; everything from disco mushrooms to a variety of acropora
Parameters:
Nitrates: 5
Phosphate: not measurable on hanna phosphate tester, have phosphorous checker coming soon. Definitely some phosphate though, as there are a few small patches of algae, and acros are doing brilliantly
Mag: 1400
Calc: 420
I have had a small used to be pink/purple torch coral (looks more like a wall than a branching) for about two months. For the first five weeks or so, it did well, nice purple color, tentacles expanding fully, waving around nicely. Placement was low in tank, so low light, and low to moderate flow. Then one day I noticed that the tentacles had gone completely white (almost translucent). I left it in it's spot for a week for observation. Each day, the tentacles would extend less and less, as well as for a shorter period of time each day, until after the week was up, the tentacles would stay fully retracted throughout the whole day.
As it was bleached, I decided to move it to a lower light area of the tank (under a rock archway), and observe. After a few days, it started to extend tentacles again, to a maximum of about 25% of it's healthy tentacle length. Tentacles come out pretty quickly once the lights have completed their one hour ramp up time, and then stay out for four or five hours. The coral has been behaving like this for about two weeks now.
Ultimately, I have no idea what caused it to become unhappy and bleach in the first place. My filtration, lighting, parameters, fish feeding schedule, etc, have all been consistent for the two months that I have had it. No complaints from any of the acropora even. I also have a branching torch coral, a hammer coral, and a frogspawn. All of those are behaving in seemingly perfectly healthy manners.
As the bleached torch is doing "okay" in its current spot, I have no intentions of moving it further. Ultimately, what I am wondering is if I should try feeding it once or twice a week while it tries to recover?
Thanks!
Filtration: tunze 9001 skimmer, BRS high capacity carbon (2/3rds dose), BRS rox carbon, filter floss
Fish: two snowflake clowns, tailspot blenny, firefish
Cleanup crew: variety of snails, skunk cleaner shrimp, no crabs, pink pincushion urchin
Coral: mixed reef; everything from disco mushrooms to a variety of acropora
Parameters:
Nitrates: 5
Phosphate: not measurable on hanna phosphate tester, have phosphorous checker coming soon. Definitely some phosphate though, as there are a few small patches of algae, and acros are doing brilliantly
Mag: 1400
Calc: 420
I have had a small used to be pink/purple torch coral (looks more like a wall than a branching) for about two months. For the first five weeks or so, it did well, nice purple color, tentacles expanding fully, waving around nicely. Placement was low in tank, so low light, and low to moderate flow. Then one day I noticed that the tentacles had gone completely white (almost translucent). I left it in it's spot for a week for observation. Each day, the tentacles would extend less and less, as well as for a shorter period of time each day, until after the week was up, the tentacles would stay fully retracted throughout the whole day.
As it was bleached, I decided to move it to a lower light area of the tank (under a rock archway), and observe. After a few days, it started to extend tentacles again, to a maximum of about 25% of it's healthy tentacle length. Tentacles come out pretty quickly once the lights have completed their one hour ramp up time, and then stay out for four or five hours. The coral has been behaving like this for about two weeks now.
Ultimately, I have no idea what caused it to become unhappy and bleach in the first place. My filtration, lighting, parameters, fish feeding schedule, etc, have all been consistent for the two months that I have had it. No complaints from any of the acropora even. I also have a branching torch coral, a hammer coral, and a frogspawn. All of those are behaving in seemingly perfectly healthy manners.
As the bleached torch is doing "okay" in its current spot, I have no intentions of moving it further. Ultimately, what I am wondering is if I should try feeding it once or twice a week while it tries to recover?
Thanks!
