Acropora ok with some shading ?

[Malman76]

Hi Judy looking for some advice, just trying g my first acro frag to see how I get on but no matter where I place it I get some shading under the it, only light is a ai prime 16hd. Am I likely to loose it due to the shading ?
Thanks in advance
Chris

 

[BristleWormHater]

A single ai prime is not strong enough to grow acros. Add another or get a different light.

 

[CHSUB]

Not sure what you are referring to, but will try? When thinking about shading, it’s other corals over growing, not a coral shading itself which is normal and unavoidable.

Here is an example of shading, my birds nest was placed several inches from a green Slimer, but is growing much faster and starting to shade the Slimer

 

[DJF]

I don’t disagree with the comment re: lighting but overall question is regarding shading- imho you can’t ever fully eliminate shadowing; the acro pictured above appears to get adequate coverage for health- shadowed areas may be a different darker color. Whether it’s strong enough a par meter could deduce but acros want higher values from high 200s at minimum to 500+

 

[DanyL]

Keeping acros shaded for long enough will eventually make the base die in the best case scenario, but could also lead to a very slow tissue narcosis which can than turn into RTN and kill the whole colony within a few hours.

Unfortunately I’m speaking from experience. That said, at least for me it was years in the making, and happened to large 30cm+ wide colonies.

 

[Dburr1014]

Hi Judy looking for some advice, just trying g my first acro frag to see how I get on but no matter where I place it I get some shading under the it, only light is a ai prime 16hd. Am I likely to loose it due to the shading ?
Thanks in advance
Chris

Name is Dan, not sure who Judy is. :)

Shading is normal in our tanks. The best way to avoid this this to have multiple lights blanketing the tank.

Sometimes a base loses color but still has polyps.

 

[Malman76]

Name is Dan, not sure who Judy is. :)

Shading is normal in our tanks. The best way to avoid this this to have multiple lights blanketing the tank.

Sometimes a base loses color but still has polyps.

was meant to be just, I need to read through before posting.

 

[Malman76]

Not sure what you are referring to, but will try? When thinking about shading, it’s other corals over growing, not a coral shading itself which is normal and unavoidable.

Here is an example of shading, my birds nest was placed several inches from a green Slimer, but is growing much faster and starting to shade the Slimer

Thanks that was the answer I was looking for, will have to wait for a new tank befoure new lighting.