Acropora Photo-Shock recovery

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Good ways to recover heavyly photo-shocked Acropora?

I've upgraded my lights from a 6x80w T5 to 3x400w (radium bulbs) with 4x80w T5. A
few colonies have lost a lot of colour, but not entirely bleached (tan brown colour).

I have since risen the lights to 40cm above water level and photo period to 5 hours, with supplement T5 on when halide isn't on.

Is using redsea energy, or seachem reef plus, etc worth using? Any suggestions?

Thanks guys.
 

WHAT’S USUALLY THE FIRST CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS OFF IN YOUR REEF?

  • A fish’s behavior or appetite changes

    Votes: 10 15.6%
  • A coral looks different or stops opening normally

    Votes: 41 64.1%
  • Water clarity or surface appearance changes

    Votes: 9 14.1%
  • Equipment sounds or flow seem different

    Votes: 7 10.9%
  • A test result catches my attention

    Votes: 14 21.9%
  • Algae or other growth starts changing

    Votes: 14 21.9%
  • I usually notice when the problem is already obvious

    Votes: 3 4.7%
  • It depends on what’s going on

    Votes: 11 17.2%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.6%
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