Garf Bonsai STN?

[JCOLE]

Hello everyone, does this look like STN, bleaching, or common for Garf Bonsai?

It has good color on tips but around base looks white. It doesn't get much light underneath from the angle.

 

[SeaDweller]

Not normal. TN for sure.

 

[tehmadreefer]

That is stn for sure.

 

[Jinko]

How long has your system been running, looks very new.

 

[Mal11224]

I agree with the above. How has your alkalinity been. Has it fluctuated?

 

[JCOLE]

Not normal. TN for sure.

:-( That's what I thought. I will baby it and hope for the best.

 

[JCOLE]

How long has your system been running, looks very new.

Old enough to add a Garf Bonsai. :-)

 

[JCOLE]

I agree with the above. How has your alkalinity been. Has it fluctuated?

Yes slowly though. I brought it down from 11 dKh to about 9.5-9.6 dKh over the last 3 weeks.

 

[BobbyOtto]

I'd recommend you frag a couple mm above the dead area and set in some puddy and see if the frags pull through. Like others have alluded to, acros can be the most frustrating things in the world in young tanks. You can do everything right and still lose them for no apparent reason.

 

[Backreefing]

High DKH can kill and problems with nutrients kill to buttt
I don’t see any algae on those rocks . That is an alarm bell and the tank looks very new .

 

[tehmadreefer]

Is this part of a tank transfer?

 

[JCOLE]

Is this part of a tank transfer?

Yes. I had a 55 gallon for 1.5 years then transferred over to a 150 about a little over 3 months ago. That is why it looks clean. The move definitely stressed some corals out. I lost two acres and the other corals were stressed with no PE, etc. However, my new Coraline is starting to grow on the back glass, new rocks added, etc. My parameters equaled out about a month ago. Everything has looked great over the last month. All my corals have had great growth over the last month. The Garf Bonsai color is actually the best it ever was now before the move.

See picture of one of my bird nest. This is about a months worth of growth. Not bad so far.

 

[Reefltx]

Whenever you do a transfer, it's basically like starting a new tank. I had that experience before, takes the tank some time before it gets settled again.

 

[JCOLE]

Whenever you do a transfer, it's basically like starting a new tank. I had that experience before, takes the tank some time before it gets settled again.

So I see. It has started to come around and stabilize for over the last month. Everything looks really good now. Just curious about the Bonsai.