Sps bleaching

[jose hernandez]

So got this piece trying it sps nori ed it was bleaching from the inside out on a couple of. Branchws so I cut the bleached out ones and now I see it bleaching from the bottom up here a pic for reference what could b the cause new to the dos game

 

[Dburr1014]

So got this piece trying it sps nori ed it was bleaching from the inside out on a couple of. Branchws so I cut the bleached out ones and now I see it bleaching from the bottom up here a pic for reference what could b the cause new to the dos game

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I'm not exactly sure what your question is or what you're trying to say, but post all your parameters, your lights, and your wave makers and settings. Post how old your tank is and how you cycled it.
How long have you had the piece?

 

[Troylee]

Looks like a mariculture piece.. those are very temperamental and hard to adapt to captivity.. I’m gonna say you’ll most likely lose it! Don’t let that scare you away from Sps thou! Find a local club etc and get some frags of home grown stuff that will give you a much better chance! Ora is almost bullet proof! Even the best Sps keepers I know lose those colonies all the time..

 

[jose hernandez]

Phosphates 0.08
Nitrates 6
Alk 8.9
Cal 460
Mag 1350
Salinity 1.026
Lights 3 g5 pros running 12 to 9
T5 hybrid just installed then a week ago
2blue plus 2coral plus running 3 hours a day to start
Refugium skimmer rated for 500 gallons
Tots water volume 200 gallons reefer 750xxl
running 2 years +Tank has mainly torches mushrooms hammers had 4 sps mini colonies lost 1 last week looks like this was is a gone as well have 2 left which look good so far

 

[jose hernandez]

Dosing esv alk n calcium acropower once a week cheatogro once a week was using trace elm at a n k from tropic Marin and np bacto balance to keep my nutrients balanced but stopped once I noticed algae

 

[jose hernandez]

Someone recommended ICP test to see where I’m at is this good?

 

[Troylee]

Someone recommended ICP test to see where I’m at is this good?

You can but it won’t help much with wild acros.. buy aquacultured pieces..

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Wild and Maricultured pieces are always going to be less hardy than aquacultured pieces. Most hobbyists are wasting their time and money by putting wild and maricultured pieces into their tanks as they have a very high mortality rate.

 

[jose hernandez]

How do you know if they are wild and maricultured bought the mom at my local lfs store

 

[jose hernandez]

Honestly don’t know the difference I’ve tried to but from local reefers but they wanna charge more than the lfs stores for nubs plus can’t see them in person most just send pics at least in the lfs store I can see them In Person are there any reputable online stores sellin pod quality pieces for decent prices

 

[JCM]

Generally when you see colonies that large at a LFS, it's not aquacultured. Not always the case, but a good indicator. If it's a decent store, they'll tell you when asked also

 

[jose hernandez]

k thnks