How to deal with torch bleaching?

Jason sun · Sep 4, 2019

Hi reefers, 2 heads of my indo gold started bleaching since I cut them off on Monday. They open as usual. Just tentacles are losing gold from the middle. Photos below. Mother colony is still doing OK so far.
Anyone has experience on dealing with bleaching torch? Do I need to move them to lower lights? Dip or? Thx.

mfinn · Sep 5, 2019

I would think that you need to move it to a lower light area.
I was thinking that if the heads you fragged were on a lower side of the mother colony, they may have been shaded and not getting full light. Now that they are away from the mother colony they are in full light.

Jason sun · Sep 5, 2019

mfinn said:
I would think that you need to move it to a lower light area.
I was thinking that if the heads you fragged were on a lower side of the mother colony, they may have been shaded and not getting full light. Now that they are away from the mother colony they are in full light.

Thanks! I’ll move it to lower lights area. It bleached in 2 days. Super fast. I’ll keep updating.

JJKK · Sep 6, 2019

I don't have a suggestion for you in terms of dip or move. I do want to let you know that they can fully recover. I got this rose color torch with yellow tip that was weirdly bleached when I received it. It has since fully recovered in 2 months. I was secretly hoping that it wouldn't so I can sell it for $$$ by branding it Cruella Deville Torch.