Is my Monti dying

Undertaker · Feb 5, 2017

It past couple days my Monti has started looking off. I'm not sure if it's just growing or bleaching out. I have t5 lighting 2 blue pluse 1 20k 1 atinic. I'm running two 850gph hydor power heads on 5 second wave maker and a sun sun 250 power head. My parameters are

Ph 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5
Ca 450
Alk 8.2
Mag 1600

Undertaker · Feb 5, 2017

Undertaker said:
It past couple days my Monti has started looking off. I'm not sure if it's just growing or bleaching out. I have t5 lighting 2 blue pluse 1 20k 1 atinic. I'm running two 850gph hydor power heads on 5 second wave maker and a sun sun 250 power head. My parameters are

Ph 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5
Ca 450
Alk 8.2
Mag 1600

wkscott · Feb 5, 2017

If you are talking about the white edges on the monti, then no it's not dying. That's the new growth. Most, but not all species of SPS corals have white or lighter colored growing tips. This is because these areas are not yet populated by the color-giving symbiotic algae.

Undertaker · Feb 5, 2017

wkscott said:
If you are talking about the white edges on the monti, then no it's not dying. That's the new growth. Most, but not all species of SPS corals have white or lighter colored growing tips. This is because these areas are not yet populated by the color-giving symbiotic algae.

Thx yes I'm talking about the white edges. The white is moving more into the coral. I'm new to sps, and that's what I thought just wanted to ask.

wkscott · Feb 5, 2017

Undertaker said:
Thx yes I'm talking about the white edges. The white is moving more into the coral. I'm new to sps, and that's what I thought just wanted to ask.

It may APPEAR that the white is moving into the coral but in reality the white is growing OUTWARDS. I just took a pic of a couple of my montis. You can see the lighter edges.

Tautog · Feb 5, 2017

Undertaker · Feb 5, 2017

wkscott said:
It may APPEAR that the white is moving into the coral but in reality the white is growing OUTWARDS. I just took a pic of a couple of my montis. You can see the lighter edges.

gotcha thx a million