Bleached acan

[saltyhog]

I have a pretty expensive acan (wouldn't you know it) that a couple of months ago suddenly bleached out and lost almost all of it's color. It still is inflated and still puts out feeder tentacles at night but it's still pale as can be two months later. All of my other acans are doing fine. I moved this one to a lower light area a few days ago.

Any chance it colors back up? How long will that take?

 

[reeferfoxx]

Yes it should color up since it's not dead. Can you post your water parameters?

 

[saltyhog]

Yes it should color up since it's not dead. Can you post your water parameters?

Sorry, forgot the basics!

Alk-8.4
Cal-435
Mg-1455
PO4-0.02
NO3-0.025(working on getting this up)
Salinity 1.026
pH-8.1-8.3
Temp 78 +/- 0.5 degrees

 

[ChiCity]

It'll come back,
but it'll be a loooooong time before you taste the rainbow again

 

[reeferfoxx]

Sorry, forgot the basics!

Alk-8.4
Cal-435
Mg-1455
PO4-0.02
NO3-0.025(working on getting this up)
Salinity 1.026
pH-8.1-8.3
Temp 78 +/- 0.5 degrees

Nothing looks bad here. I would say, since you moved it to a low(er) light area, 2 weeks for a rebound. Meaning color should start coming back in 2 weeks. That ultimately is an estimate. But That is what I've experienced. If 2 weeks doesn't show a change, give it 3 weeks. If it gets worse, something else might be at play.