Bleached Stonys

SolidDetail808 · 10/13/2007, 03:02 PM

Went away for a week. Came back and my Stonys were bleached. Will I be able to revive them or are they gone?

shaywood · 10/13/2007, 04:38 PM

I haven't had any luck recovering bleached corals. Do you have phosphate reactor?

Mattmcf · 10/13/2007, 05:39 PM

i would leave them in there. What caused the problem? Can you post your params? How long have you had the corals? If it happened to all of them than you should know the reason pretty easily by testing water. Also, if it is only stony corals do not remove them, there is a chance they can regenerate. And if they do not, well they will just add to your live rock and be encrusted in coraline anyways.

useskaforevil · 10/13/2007, 08:55 PM

sorry to hear, i just had a stony bleach in about 12 hours with no warning. no paramaeters are any differnt than they were about a week ago. oh well, i like softies better anyway.

atzak · 10/13/2007, 09:03 PM

everytime I go away, something is ****ed up when I return

SolidDetail808 · 10/13/2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally posted by atzak
everytime I go away, something is ****ed up when I return

Well I've been gone for about 6 weeks, I'm in the Air Force and left for training. I had my buddy check on it every other day or so. But he just so happen to have leave. So the tank was un-maintained for about a 5 days. I haven't had the time to do anything to it yet. I will do a large water change and see what happens.

arts007 · 10/13/2007, 11:59 PM

Could have been several things within that time period.. Do you have an auto top off system, possible salinity swing, or possibly temp fluctuation or even a calcium/alk depletion.

SolidDetail808 · 10/14/2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by arts007
Could have been several things within that time period.. Do you have an auto top off system, possible salinity swing, or possibly temp fluctuation or even a calcium/alk depletion.

It looks like it was all of the above. I checked my params and salinity and calcium was low, very low.

10/13/2007, 03:02 PM	#1
SolidDetail808 Unofficial #1 BJ Penn fan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Vandenberg AFB, CA via Waipahu, HI Posts: 1,453	Bleached Stonys Went away for a week. Came back and my Stonys were bleached. Will I be able to revive them or are they gone?

10/13/2007, 08:55 PM	#4
useskaforevil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: kent, ohio Posts: 1,012	sorry to hear, i just had a stony bleach in about 12 hours with no warning. no paramaeters are any differnt than they were about a week ago. oh well, i like softies better anyway. __________________ "and the delicate mechanism stripped its gears" Current Tank Info: 80gallon bowfront

10/13/2007, 09:03 PM	#5
atzak Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Jupiter NC Posts: 1,191	everytime I go away, something is ****ed up when I return __________________ smokers suck butts Current Tank Info: 210 reef, 55 gallon planted fresh water

10/13/2007, 11:59 PM	#7
arts007 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 600	Could have been several things within that time period.. Do you have an auto top off system, possible salinity swing, or possibly temp fluctuation or even a calcium/alk depletion. __________________ Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99% perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad. Current Tank Info: 120g SPS reef tank. 2x 400 watt Reeflux 12k on lumenbrights

10/13/2007, 04:38 PM	#2
shaywood Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 119	I haven't had any luck recovering bleached corals. Do you have phosphate reactor?

10/13/2007, 05:39 PM	#3
Mattmcf Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando Posts: 299	i would leave them in there. What caused the problem? Can you post your params? How long have you had the corals? If it happened to all of them than you should know the reason pretty easily by testing water. Also, if it is only stony corals do not remove them, there is a chance they can regenerate. And if they do not, well they will just add to your live rock and be encrusted in coraline anyways.