I just got some corals in the mail from topshelfaquatics. They sent in a sheet saying their flow and lighting preferences too. Both of the corals require medium to high lighting.
Anyways, I got a Christmas mirabilis and a birds nest coral, and they seem to have bleached in just 1 day from being in my tank? I’m super confused. I’ve got 1 nicrew 100 watt light, raised up 8 inches above the tank. The mirabilis went from pink and red to bone white, even though it’s in the same general location as a hammer coral, and an elegance coral that are thriving receiving that amount of light. (None of them are close enough to be injuring eachother, I’m just talking about the light intensity/par).
And my birds nest coral is currently sitting at the bottom because I haven’t found a nice place for it yet, but also has turned white. The bottom gets enough light so that zoas, xenias, gsp, bubble tips anemones, and cloves are all very happy.
I’m just confused. My parameters are stable, I haven’t had any weird spikes lately. Can corals bleach from lack of light? I just don’t know what’s going on.
Anyways, I got a Christmas mirabilis and a birds nest coral, and they seem to have bleached in just 1 day from being in my tank? I’m super confused. I’ve got 1 nicrew 100 watt light, raised up 8 inches above the tank. The mirabilis went from pink and red to bone white, even though it’s in the same general location as a hammer coral, and an elegance coral that are thriving receiving that amount of light. (None of them are close enough to be injuring eachother, I’m just talking about the light intensity/par).
And my birds nest coral is currently sitting at the bottom because I haven’t found a nice place for it yet, but also has turned white. The bottom gets enough light so that zoas, xenias, gsp, bubble tips anemones, and cloves are all very happy.
I’m just confused. My parameters are stable, I haven’t had any weird spikes lately. Can corals bleach from lack of light? I just don’t know what’s going on.