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Mike
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Mike asked in PetsFish · 1 decade ago

Monti cap frag is bleaching. How can I stop it?

I got a small monti cap frag over the weekend. Put it under my dual 150w MHs close to the top of the 36g tank.

Within 2 days the center turned bright white. A superman monti I had gotten from the same guy turned half white with what looked like a small amount of brown dust where over the white part.

Thinking that the only possibility is bleaching from to much light, I put the superman at the bottom of the tank. I put the monti cap in my 20L with quad t5 24w. 2x actinic and 2x 18000k. Thought it would be good at the top of this tank since there is alot less lumen going on than the MH was putting out.

This morning before work, I noticed the superman had gone completely white overnight. Now, after working all day. The monti cap went from 25% white to about 50% white and what appears to be a slime or mucus coming from where the white zone is. I'm guessing this is from expelling algae.

What can I do to stop the bleaching? Can I leave it in the dark for a couple day and hope it stops? I've never had bleached coral so I have no idea what the problem is or what to do about it before it's lost. If it does fully bleach can it recover or is it dead? I can care less for the superman but I really want to save my purple rimmed monti cap.

Update:

I don't know what lighting they were under originally. I got them at a annual frag swap. Being SPS, I assumed that they would have already been in intense lighting already. This was a mistake I seem to have learned the hard way. From now on, nothing starts out at the top of my tank. This really got me by suprise. It's not like my MH are 400 watts.

As for acclimation. I honestly don't acclimate anything really. I do always float my new guys to adjust temps and use the refractometer to make sure salinity is not vastly different. Temperature I acclimate very well, I just seldon actually drip it after floating. Lack of acclimation problems always seem to be from lack of temp acclimation anyway so I can safely say that this all started from a blast of MH unless bleaching could come from something that I do not know of... I do know Im not being hit by nudis also.

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  • Yuki
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    did you acclimate the montis? plate corals are susceptible to bleaching, and while the direct causes aren't exactly known, there's correlations between temperature and bleaching. if you didn't acclimate them, well, it's a bit late for that now, but it won't help you to leave it in the dark since plates starve to death pretty quickly, and the zooxanthellae won't produce while in the dark.

    i'd lower the temperature a few degrees (or better yet, call the guy and ask about his temp), put it at midlevel, and hope for the best. it may or may not survive, but as it's not completely bleached it has a chance.

  • furtick
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Monti Cap

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  • hazelton
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Montipora Cap

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  • Marbie
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    What lighting did the guy you bought them from have them under? If he had them under something lower like T5s and you put them right under Metal Halides, it might have been too much for them to take. I would put it at the bottom of the tank for a little while and see if the bleaching stops. If it fully bleaches, it's probably dead, but if there is any tissue left there is a chance it can recover.

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  • keinz
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    how are you able to "by risk" drink bleach? besides, basically wait atleast an afternoon for it to get out of your device. some might desire to circulate into your milk furnish that would of course injury your infant. So wait an afternoon, dont breastfeed at present, start up the following day. just to be secure. :) you does not decide directly to be going to the dr's because of the fact your infant is ill with the reason which you drank bleach and nonetheless breastfed for that day. Kinda stupid.

  • Michele
    1 decade ago

    whats the lighting at? have u tested the water? same guy may mean not a good person to buy the frogs from hun

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