A lot of the reefers who prefer sps often have to deal with bleaching (especially with wild colonies), either the coral arrives bleached or bleaches over a period of time after introduction to the new system due to changes in water chemistry, lighting intensity or possibly stress from shipping. Often times the coral will take on a completely different color pattern after regaining its color. What measures do you take to deal with this predicament? I myself follow the following tactics:
Reduce the lighting on the coral, not necessarily shade but at the bottom of my 28 inch deep tank.
Place it in a medium-strong flow, a wide open area at the bottom of my tank gets decent flow from my two mp40s
Spot feed the coral at night once to twice a week with a mixture of coral frenzy, coral extacy, zu-feast, and oyster feast.
Stare at the coral at least five times a day willing the color back into it.
Below is a pic of an acuminata coral I received last week that was severely bleached upon delivery. Was completely white, if it wasn't for the acro smell I would have thought it was dead. I might try to update this thread with an after pic in a few weeks.
Reduce the lighting on the coral, not necessarily shade but at the bottom of my 28 inch deep tank.
Place it in a medium-strong flow, a wide open area at the bottom of my tank gets decent flow from my two mp40s
Spot feed the coral at night once to twice a week with a mixture of coral frenzy, coral extacy, zu-feast, and oyster feast.
Stare at the coral at least five times a day willing the color back into it.
Below is a pic of an acuminata coral I received last week that was severely bleached upon delivery. Was completely white, if it wasn't for the acro smell I would have thought it was dead. I might try to update this thread with an after pic in a few weeks.
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