Is this coral bleaching?

One fish · 04/22/2015, 10:31 PM

Hello everyone. I have never had hard coral like this. A friend gave me two frags. Is it bleaching now? Calcium is 380 And kh is 8. As I am writing this, I now notice white spots on both of them, and in those exact spots there is a small strand or two of green hair algae. The other one use to be green and is now a orange/brown. Will it grow back if I raise my perimeters?
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pyithar · 04/22/2015, 10:35 PM

it looks like sponge to me

cloak · 04/23/2015, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyithar

it looks like sponge to me

+1

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2011/6/inverts2

gavinsepanik · 04/25/2015, 10:50 PM

The lack of visible polyps makes it look like a sponge to me as well

1MP3R1AL · 04/25/2015, 10:59 PM

Looks like a pink setosa that's mad and dying.

ca1ore · 04/26/2015, 08:42 AM

I agree that its a sponge, not SPS coral.

firebirdude · 04/26/2015, 08:49 AM

It's a sponge. That first nub closest to the white part is a dead give away. Then it has intake holes spread throughout. lol

Sponge.

04/22/2015, 10:31 PM	#1
One fish Registered Member. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Springfield Va Posts: 297	Is this coral bleaching? Hello everyone. I have never had hard coral like this. A friend gave me two frags. Is it bleaching now? Calcium is 380 And kh is 8. As I am writing this, I now notice white spots on both of them, and in those exact spots there is a small strand or two of green hair algae. The other one use to be green and is now a orange/brown. Will it grow back if I raise my perimeters? image.jpg

04/22/2015, 10:35 PM	#2
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	it looks like sponge to me __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

04/25/2015, 10:59 PM	#5
1MP3R1AL Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: VA/DC/MD Posts: 299	Looks like a pink setosa that's mad and dying. __________________ 24X24X12 Mixed : T5 / 13UP lighting \| Apex \| MP10 \| SCA-301 \| WW/CW/UV Sump Lighting \| DIY dosers 20L AIO SPS frag tank : UV/CW/WW/R/B/L/P LED - GONE

04/26/2015, 08:42 AM	#6
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	I agree that its a sponge, not SPS coral. __________________ Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs

04/25/2015, 10:50 PM	#4
gavinsepanik Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Lake villa IL Posts: 236	The lack of visible polyps makes it look like a sponge to me as well

04/26/2015, 08:49 AM	#7
firebirdude User and Abuser Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,836	It's a sponge. That first nub closest to the white part is a dead give away. Then it has intake holes spread throughout. lol Sponge.