Candy cane coral bleaching

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Can you please get a picture closer up? It's hard to tell but in this pic it does not look bleached but like it's missing some of it's flesh. But like I said its hard to see in this picture.
 

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For starter, take it off tank bottom and elevate it a bit.
These do best under moderate light and water flow and 2 feedings per week.
Check salinity- it may be off hence the way it looks.
Recommended:
Temp 77-79
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.0-8.3
Alk - 8-9
Ca 400 range
 
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Alk 9 dkh, my calcium is very low at 260 but I've been dosing the two part system everyday and I did do a water change yesterday so that may have made it so low ,my Temp is at 78 my ph 7.8-8.0 salinity 1. 025
 

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If your calcium is truly that low, that could be a culprit. As I said earlier, your tank also looks really knew and I wonder if your tank was ready for corals yet.
 
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If your calcium is truly that low, that could be a culprit. As I said earlier, your tank also looks really knew and I wonder if your tank was ready for corals yet.
My tank is 7 months old I used chemiclean to remove my cyano bacteria last week so my tank looks very clean, I haven't fully stocked my tank with corals yet
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In that case I would work at fixing and maintaining alk and cal. You should really never go much below 380 for Calcium. While I personally shoot for 410-420 to give myself some wiggle room.
 

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A waterchange shouldn't make your calcium low. It should replenish it if anything....so...if that tells you anything.

I'd check ammonia. etc. When something is that mad, I usually check everything regardless of the last test.
 

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Also...how the heck do you get calcium to move? Mine never moves, always at 415 ish. My alk though, gets used up quite a bit. lol
 

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Alk 9 dkh, my calcium is very low at 260 but I've been dosing the two part system everyday and I did do a water change yesterday so that may have made it so low ,my Temp is at 78 my ph 7.8-8.0 salinity 1. 025
Dose CA only to get it up above 420. That can be the issue.
 

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