Hey all, this is my first post on a new account after being out of the hobby for a while. A little background info: After taking about a 7 year break from corals and reefing in general (kept my saltwater tank running after giving up on the corals) I've found myself at home with the time so I upgraded my 75g tank to a 125 and started chasing those amazing colors again.
I've started off with 4 frags.
Dragon Soul Favia, Neon Mummy Eye Chalice, some Green Star Polyps and the one I'm struggling with, Sunset Montipora.
Looking for some insight into the sunset monti. Acclimated and went in the tank it looked great for about 5 days. I was late in topping off the system with freshwater so my salinity got to about 1.028 for a day but has been brought back down to 1.026.
After day 5, I noticed the tissue was starting to turn white on the side. The polyps are still coming out on all of the surfaces except the white part. Has this frag started to die? All 4 were in the bottom of my tank directly under a smatfarm led fixture. 15/80/60/80/10/20 are the light settings. (No par readings yet) 19" water depth and the lights are mounted 8" off the water.
My readings have been fairly consistent as follows:
PH: 7.9-8.13
Alk: 9.8
Calc: 429-520 (just dosed tank w/fusion)
Mag: 1486-1550
I moved the frag from the rack up to a spot about 10" down this morning midway between 2 fixtures in case it wasn't getting enough light. Not much noticeable change in color. Attached are the pics of all 4 frags couldn't get a super clear shot of the sunset.
I've started off with 4 frags.
Dragon Soul Favia, Neon Mummy Eye Chalice, some Green Star Polyps and the one I'm struggling with, Sunset Montipora.
Looking for some insight into the sunset monti. Acclimated and went in the tank it looked great for about 5 days. I was late in topping off the system with freshwater so my salinity got to about 1.028 for a day but has been brought back down to 1.026.
After day 5, I noticed the tissue was starting to turn white on the side. The polyps are still coming out on all of the surfaces except the white part. Has this frag started to die? All 4 were in the bottom of my tank directly under a smatfarm led fixture. 15/80/60/80/10/20 are the light settings. (No par readings yet) 19" water depth and the lights are mounted 8" off the water.
My readings have been fairly consistent as follows:
PH: 7.9-8.13
Alk: 9.8
Calc: 429-520 (just dosed tank w/fusion)
Mag: 1486-1550
I moved the frag from the rack up to a spot about 10" down this morning midway between 2 fixtures in case it wasn't getting enough light. Not much noticeable change in color. Attached are the pics of all 4 frags couldn't get a super clear shot of the sunset.