why do chalice bleach?

uchin · Oct 10, 2009

Everything in my tank is doing fine. I have three chalice colanys that bleaching in some spots. Some are bleaching white and one is turning clear.

benny z · Oct 10, 2009

too much light?

what are your system/water specs?

Pazazz · Oct 10, 2009

Check alk, ph, mag or lighting issues

amore169 · Oct 10, 2009

U need to be more specific about ur tank, any type of coral needs a stable enviroment especially some chalices, what are ur water parameters? Alk Ca Mg? Lighting? Temp?

JR's Reef · Oct 10, 2009

All of the above

uchin · Oct 10, 2009

My alk 9dkh cal 400 mag 1300 now at 1400 for about two weeks. Temp const 80. Salinaty 7.25. 250 mh and t5. I keep amlost every type of coral.
All my le frags are doing good. Around eight others are doing fine. They are all on thebottom half of the tank. I move them up down dif light. Its driving me nuts. I'm almost thinking something alive is messing with them.

uchin · Oct 10, 2009

One of my favorite is around 8 inch round, its lost 70% of it color throughout. Think I can save it? Maybe put it in someone elses tank.

uchin · Oct 10, 2009

What kind of flow and perameters do you have success with?

JR's Reef · Oct 10, 2009

Are you dosing anything like vodka? Try putting them in more of a shaded area

uchin · Oct 10, 2009

Using the britewell bio fuel with m b 7. Never dosed vodka. I have a 185, how much would I need to dose? Ill try putting it in more shaded areas again.
Can you tell me what you keep yours at. Thanks

JR's Reef · Oct 10, 2009

How long have you been using BW BF? I think we are getting there now

uchin · Oct 10, 2009

About month and half. Can they die from not enough light?

UWWorld_NJ · Oct 10, 2009

just make sure your not over dosing anything as this can cause it, also lighting is a big factor as well. the BF you cannot overdose or you can strip out alot of good bacteria ect.

JR's Reef · Oct 11, 2009

uchin said:
About month and half. Can they die from not enough light?

Okay I think you have strip to much nutritions out to fast. Ive done it dosing Vodka before. Shade them but make sure there getting some light just indirect light. You might want to stop or cut back on the BF. It took mine a couple months to recover but they all did and I have around 30 different chalices

Reeferdood · Oct 11, 2009

I use BF and MB-7 too, love them both! I am not having issues with anything because of these products. Chalace corals like a lighter envirnment with medium flow. I might look to see if anything might be buggin it...

crisis · Oct 11, 2009

Have you checked out the thread on RC about the little black bugs eating up chalices? I'm paranoid about that now. Some people have had some random chalice and acan losses while all their other corals have been perfectly fine. They've been treating it with interceptor. I think they described white stringy things around the edges, so that doesn't sound like what's going on with you. A chalice frag I got turned clear and white around the edges, and took a few weeks to recover. Have you had these chalices for a while?

Viva'sReef · Oct 11, 2009

uchin said:
One of my favorite is around 8 inch round, its lost 70% of it color throughout. Think I can save it? Maybe put it in someone elses tank.

Is this a wild colony that you recently acquired?

Znut Reefer · Oct 11, 2009

Agree some chalices like lower lighting.

uchin · Oct 11, 2009

The one bleching the most was in a lfs display tank for a few years. Its been in my tank for about three weeks b4 it started to bleach. I ran interseptor twice, last week was the second teatment. I heard they like dirty water, low light, low flow and your mag has to be up to 1400.