Branching Cyphastrea Bleaching?

[JessDeFlip]

Can anyone advise if this appears to be bleaching? My gut says yes, but I’m new to branching cyphastrea, and the whitening parts are around the base of the branches, so I’m unsure here.

I am ramping lights up on my AI Prime 16HD 10%. I’m on day 17 of a 50 day acclimation period.

These are my parameters:
Salinity 1.027
Mg 1340ppm
Alk 10.1
Ca 405ppm
Phosphate 0.10
PH 8.0
Nitrate 15ppm

 

[Maho.B]

I can't really tell if it's bleaching, but I also have a branching cyphastrea that's very happy, I've had it for about 7-8 months and it sits in 130-140 par. Do you know what par yours is at?

 

[JessDeFlip]

I can't really tell if it's bleaching, but I also have a branching cyphastrea that's very happy, I've had it for about 7-8 months and it sits in 130-140 par. Do you know what par yours is at?

I don’t, but I plan on renting a par meter from my LFS next weekend to test it out!