Are they growing or bleaching?

[leighton.bingham]

Just today they started getting white tips on them. My lights are at 90% and they are about 1/4 of the way down in my tank. So are they growing or dying?

 

[kbnh]

When did you set your lights to 90%? if you just added these corals maybe a slow ramp up would be better for them, I recently did a similar mistake and burned a few corals and almost lost them due to the sudden increase in light intensity. Lower your lights and they should be fine. However if it is just at the tips and everything else is fine then it could very well be growth.

 

[Waters]

Hard to tell from those pics. I see polyp extension and colors look decent so based on that, I would say growth....but I would keep an eye on it.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Growth tips which is a good thing along with noticeable polyps

 

[leighton.bingham]

Thanks everyone.

 

[jmichaelh7]

What’s your parameters at ?

 

[leighton.bingham]

What’s your parameters at ?

They are pretty steady. Calc is high but the SPS dont seem to mind so much. My Lights are G4 Xr15 pro they have been at 90% for about a week now. I upped it from 85% to 90%. So not a huge increase. They get light for about 10 hours a day.

Alk 8.4 dose 10ml RedSea alk
Cal 480 dose 5ml reef pro part a
Mag 1400
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.2
13 dec 22
Phosphates 0.04 dosed 30lm Noephos
Nitrates 1 dosed 50ml Neonitro


Alk 9.0 dose 10ml RedSea alk
Cal 480 dose 5ml reef pro part a
Mag 1400
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.2
14 dec 22
Phosphates 0.08 dosed 30lm Noephos
Nitrates 2 dosed 50ml Neonitro


Alk 9.0 dose 10ml RedSea alk
Cal 480 dose 5ml reef pro part a
Mag 1400
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.2
15 dec 22
Phosphates 0.08 dosed 50lm Noephos
Nitrates 2 dosed 50ml Neonitro


Alk 9.2 dose 10ml RedSea alk
Cal 480 dose 5ml reef pro part a
Mag 1400
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.2
16 dec 22
Phosphates 0.08 dosed 50lm Noephos
Nitrates 2 dosed 50ml Neonitro