Montipora, strange cycles?

[JohnLeoKnight]

My Montipora goes through strange cycles where it will begin to turn white. It will get more and more white and drained of it's color and then start to "recover" almost and get better. Is this normal for then? Do they shed?

[cloak]

Have you checked it for nudibranchs? What are your parameters? How are your other corals doing?

http://blog.captive-aquatics.com/cap...ch-primer.html

[skimjim]

definitely either water chemistry or lighting issue or pests.

i'd start with giving us a report on all water qualities. go to LFS to test for things you dont have tests for: NO4, PO4, Alk, Calc, Mag, SG, pH

[JohnLeoKnight]

Originally Posted by cloak

Have you checked it for nudibranchs? What are your parameters? How are your other corals doing?

http://blog.captive-aquatics.com/cap...ch-primer.html

All other corals look great, just had my water tested today and it showed that everything was perfect, I don't see any "pests" crawling around on it day or night and I have it set higher up with t5 lighting...

[JohnLeoKnight]

Originally Posted by skimjim

definitely either water chemistry or lighting issue or pests.

i'd start with giving us a report on all water qualities. go to LFS to test for things you dont have tests for: NO4, PO4, Alk, Calc, Mag, SG, pH

My lfs said water parameters were near perfect