Getting Bleached Torch Color Back

[aquaterra]

So...I purchased this really bleached coral from a breakdown. It looks generally happy except for having 0 color. Will it regain its original color or will it stay ghost white (I kind of like it tbh)? Is there anything I can do to help it get zooxanthelle?

 

[Flippers4pups]

So...I purchased this really bleached coral from a breakdown. It looks generally happy except for having 0 color. Will it regain its original color or will it stay ghost white (I kind of like it tbh)? Is there anything I can do to help it get zooxanthelle?

Having nutrients in your water will help.

Reduce your light intensity and place it in a shaded area for awhile till it regains some color. Color/zooxanthelle is like sunscreen to corals.

 

[aquaterra]

Having nutrients in your water will help.

Reduce your light intensity and place it in a shaded area for awhile till it regains some color. Color/zooxanthelle is like sunscreen to corals.

100 par at the bottom and have nutrients. I’m jw if it’s totally white..will it get color back or is that totally impossible at this point?

 

[DSEKULA]

If there's any zzooxanthelle left even one the torch could reestablish a population. If not supposedly there are phytoplankton products with cultured Symbiodinium that could be fed to the coral to seed it... I have no experience with this but have done some reading. You could also get some similar coral (other torches or similar as you can find) and place them in the general area hoping that one would expell some zoo at some point and the other would injest it.