Bleaching cyphastrea help

JenkinsThePole · 07/01/2018, 01:05 PM

So I have polyp extension but my cyphastrea is losing color and is almost white my parameters are as follows
Nitrate - .2ppm
Phosphate - 0ppm
Ca- 480ppm
KH- 7.3
Mg-1400
Im also using a mars black box for my light.
If anyone knows a cause of this or needs more info I'd appreciate your reply.

mcgyvr · 07/01/2018, 01:10 PM

Well.. do you have other corals? Are they doing fine?
Do you have it in a "low light" area?
How long have you had it?
Have your parameters remained stable?

Daddi0 · 07/01/2018, 01:18 PM

Mine lose color with too much light. I keep them very low/shaded.

JenkinsThePole · 07/01/2018, 01:20 PM

Everyone is doing pretty good except for my montipora, but thats never done too well. I've had the cyphastrea for about 6 months and it started bleaching a few days ago. I have it in the front of the tank on a rock about 2 inches above the sand its in a corner so its not the most intense light. And yes my parameters have remained stable. I use reef crystals if thats of any value.
My coral stock list is
Elegance
Frogspawn
Torch
A couple flavors of zoas
Monipora
Cyphastrea

Ive also got about 10 hermits and one clown.

mcgyvr · 07/01/2018, 01:23 PM

Well.. they are a low light coral.. So "not the most intense light" doesn't sound like the best place for it..

Uncle99 · 07/02/2018, 07:13 AM

I actually had to put mine at 2" off the bottom, kinda shaded by the above LR, where it only got reflective indirect light. Colour returned in about 40 days. Now green skeleton with red polyps again.

07/01/2018, 01:05 PM	#1
JenkinsThePole Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 43	Bleaching cyphastrea help So I have polyp extension but my cyphastrea is losing color and is almost white my parameters are as follows Nitrate - .2ppm Phosphate - 0ppm Ca- 480ppm KH- 7.3 Mg-1400 Im also using a mars black box for my light. If anyone knows a cause of this or needs more info I'd appreciate your reply.

07/01/2018, 01:10 PM	#2
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Well.. do you have other corals? Are they doing fine? Do you have it in a "low light" area? How long have you had it? Have your parameters remained stable? __________________ Who me?

07/01/2018, 01:18 PM	#3
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	Mine lose color with too much light. I keep them very low/shaded. __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater

07/01/2018, 01:23 PM	#5
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Well.. they are a low light coral.. So "not the most intense light" doesn't sound like the best place for it.. __________________ Who me?

07/01/2018, 01:20 PM	#4
JenkinsThePole Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 43	Everyone is doing pretty good except for my montipora, but thats never done too well. I've had the cyphastrea for about 6 months and it started bleaching a few days ago. I have it in the front of the tank on a rock about 2 inches above the sand its in a corner so its not the most intense light. And yes my parameters have remained stable. I use reef crystals if thats of any value. My coral stock list is Elegance Frogspawn Torch A couple flavors of zoas Monipora Cyphastrea Ive also got about 10 hermits and one clown.

07/02/2018, 07:13 AM	#6
Uncle99 Crab Free Zone Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,906	I actually had to put mine at 2" off the bottom, kinda shaded by the above LR, where it only got reflective indirect light. Colour returned in about 40 days. Now green skeleton with red polyps again.