bleached coral

  1. Max Rackstraw

    Pocillopora permanently bleached skeleton, great PE

    Ive had this green pocillopora for about 7 months now. It used to be a dark green colour all over. Unfortunately it had bleached within the first month or two of introduction to my tank. Its stayed with a white skeleton ever since, although the tips of the polyps have remained green. It has...
  2. J

    Monti Color Change. Is this bleached?

    Hello folks, I have been reefing for only 6 months and I am making some mistakes! I have a bunch of corals right now and everything else seems to be doing fine. I have some shrooms, blastos, some zoas, a favia... I have a bunch of LPS frags lol. I tried my hand at some SPS. I have a Millie and...
  3. 1Matthew

    Corals Not Doing So Well

    Hi All, I have a 90 gallon tank and have noticed some coral that aren’t doing so well. The first guy is a bowerbanki, which I have had for a while. It looked great at first, until I switched my lights and it looks very shrunken with skeleton exposed. Originally, I had 2 AI Prime HDs but switched...
  4. N

    Help with 240 Gallon System

    Hello All, I'm looking for help with health on my 240 gallon system. It's been running for 2 and a half years, and I can't seem to have success with my SPS coral (and now appears one of my torches is dying.) I'm attaching some pictures of some SPS coral that appear to be dying. I think my...
  5. Ireland.Escada

    New lights and coral bleaching

    I just got my first set of corals and a new light system. The AI. (See photos) i don’t know if my corals are bleaching out and if my setting is too high. This morning the park was 140 over the big red (monti?) coral that I had for a while. The new alien eye has a white strip (I moved him...
  6. kkircher

    Hammers turning white, but on the non light side

    Hello reefers, I have 2 hammers both with about 5-6 heads that over the past 3 weeks have started to turn white. My first thought was bleaching from light, but the odd thing, they are bleaching on the underside not facing the light. My tank is mostly euphilia and my lights haven’t changed in...
  7. C

    "Slow bleaching" of Dragon Soul torch? Advice needed, unknown issue

    Hi all, I've had a dragon soul torch in my tank for about 2 months, no issues, it and all the other coral have been doing well. I purchased an Indo Gold torch as a Christmas present for myself about a month ago, and the seller recommended light intensity on the higher side to keep the color...
  8. Zoa_Fanatic

    Lepto bleaching

    Is a Mr. Freeze lepto supposed to be red outside the eyes? Mine is a light brown and has always been but I’ve been seeing pics of ones with red on them now I’m confused.
  9. Ernst Haeckel

    Scoly Bleaching:(

    Hey everyone, I'm Tom and I just joined the forum!! I have a 32 gal biocube that's been running for about 2.5 years. I got a warpaint scoly about 9 months ago, and its been doing great, until 2-3 weeks ago. I keep it on the sand bed and regularly feed mysis about 3 times a week. About 5 months...
  10. P

    Bleached Torch Coral Help!

    Hey guys so I had a Torch shipped to me January 5th so I've had it 3 months now. It came to me bleached it had spit up its zooxanthella in the bag unfortunately. So its been completely white for 3 months now and shows no signs of getting better, if anything its doing worse then when I first put...
  11. ariellemermaid

    Need Help: New Corals Bleaching with Mucous Coat

    We got some new corals in 3 days ago and we’re now having some issues. Yesterday morning one of the new corals was half covered in a white stringy web-looking thing that was kind of flapping in the flow. I blew it off, only to find the coral below was bleached in that spot. Very back middle...
  12. kwirky

    Been very ill, tank crashed. Advice on strategy to correct lighting for already bleached acro/montis?

    I'm looking for advice on how to tune my lighting setup, which I'll be finished putting together next week, and because I have bleached corals at the same time I'm looking for some help on how to configure things, so that I don't make things worse. A lot's gone on and I've had a hard time...
  13. H

    Montipora is this normal?

    Is is this normal for a montipora? Is place on top par 240 Alk 9.5 Calcium 476 Salinity 35ppm Magnesium 1500 Temp 78 0 nitrates 10 phosphates Tank 6 months old Thanks
  14. Oceansinmybasement

    New Acropora Frag problem

    Seems I’m having some difficulty with a new frag I got! I am new to corals and have only had some Zoa’s for a few weeks that are doing well. Saw a Acro frag on sale and thought hey why not give it a try. It’s now day three and seems an entire branch has gone white. On day two it looked as if...
  15. Louiemiller9

    SPS only frag tank starting to BLEACH!

    Hey guys so about a week ago I noticed that some of my monti cap as well as various acros are starting to bleach. I will attach photos to show what I would call bleaching... maybe I am wrong. 50 g frag tank , running 4 T5 metal halide, 2 kessil 160s , no protein skimmer just 40lbs love rock in...
  16. R

    Corals doing poorly and everything seems fine

    My water paramters are normal my fish are doing fine and some of my soft corals are doing good but some are not. My zoas wont open and its been 3 weeks since they closed, A small branching hammer I have wont open and My Purple Chalice coral is beginning to bleach
  17. C

    Tank age and SPS sucess.

    Hi there. I am not new but not super experienced either. I have a 120 gallon mixed reef that is about 6 months old. I have lots of soft corls and hard corals that seem to be doing great. However every time I put an SPS in my tank it will bleach within about a week or two. I have no idea what I...
  18. Bhor217

    Illinois Multiple Centerpiece Decorative Corals- can sell individually or as a group

    Centerpiece Bleached Coral, perfectly white and bleached, while standing, it measures 17 inches tall, 13 inches wide, and 8 inches deep- $100 OBO (first 3 images) - Large piece of Australian Blue Ridge Coral- while standing it measures 13 inches tall, 12 inches wide, 7 inches deep- $75 OBO...
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