I picked some sort of rainbow type tenuis at a fragswap this morning, very nice looking piece under the blue radion. After dipping, I placed the coral on my rockwork and then checked the par…. meter was fluctuating between 350-450 due to surface agitation. My gut told me to lower it, but I kept it there thinking I could always move it after the lights went out. Well, a couple hours passed and the coral was almost white, but at least had decent pe.
I can’t believe it only took so little time to lose color like it did. Lesson learned. The coral hasn’t completely bleached so it should recover.
The coral was grown under gen 5 radions, the seller said the lights were low and that it was receiving high light, “getting blasted” were his words…. whatever that means.
I have three 250 watt halides, 14 inches above a 60 inch tank. Two Hamilton 14k’s and one Hamilton 10k.
Here’s a photo about 30 minutes after going into the tank, it was already losing color. I didn’t realize it could happen so fast!
Here it is four hours later after being moved down to the bottom of the tank, around 250 par.
just thought I’d share my (mis)adventure this morning.
Anyone ever made this mistake?
On a more positive note, I got a nice deal on a Deresa Clam that is loving its new home.
I can’t believe it only took so little time to lose color like it did. Lesson learned. The coral hasn’t completely bleached so it should recover.
The coral was grown under gen 5 radions, the seller said the lights were low and that it was receiving high light, “getting blasted” were his words…. whatever that means.
I have three 250 watt halides, 14 inches above a 60 inch tank. Two Hamilton 14k’s and one Hamilton 10k.
Here’s a photo about 30 minutes after going into the tank, it was already losing color. I didn’t realize it could happen so fast!
Here it is four hours later after being moved down to the bottom of the tank, around 250 par.
just thought I’d share my (mis)adventure this morning.
Anyone ever made this mistake?
On a more positive note, I got a nice deal on a Deresa Clam that is loving its new home.