Meteor Shower Cyphastrea

[mooredezign]

I purchased a meteor shower cyphastrea close to a month ago, all my water parameters are in check, tested weekly. All my other corals are doing great! The problem I'm having with the meteor shower is the green is turning brown!!! I have it real low in my 29 gallon tank. My light set up is 1 giesmann aquablue plus and 1 giesmann actinic plus. Is it bleaching out? I don't know whats going on with it? move it to a shaded area in the tank?

Pics now

this is what it looked like when I purchased it from WWC

and this is now...:sure:

it makes me sad looking at it!

 

[stylaster]

they are pretty low light corals, how close do you have it to your lighting?

 

[wicked demon]

looks sick to me, not bleaching, it's receding, I would dip it and frag it up, maybe a piece will live.

 

[mooredezign]

right now, its on the sand bed so i would say its about 20 inches from the lights...and dip it in what? iodine? revive? what do you suggest???

 

[wicked demon]

I always use lugols for sps.

 

[shapermike]

I have a few of mine under a 400 watt light so I dont think that the light is the problems. your system has something wrong or missing. Do you does two part alk and cal? Does you PH swing a lot?

 

[mooredezign]

i don't dose two part alk and cal, i just use reef snow, and my ph usually sits between 8.2 and 8.3

 

[SDguy]

Check your alk, ca, and mg, and keep it under LOW light.

 

[Sikryd]

I would check your alkalinity. Anytime I see any type of recession on the "soft" part of the coral, that is usually the culprit for me.

 

[mooredezign]

so if my alk was off, would it only affect one coral? and not the others???

 

[JiggyReefer]

I would check your alkalinity. Anytime I see any type of recession on the "soft" part of the coral, that is usually the culprit for me.

+1, start using an A+B solution with Mag

 

[mooredezign]

any recommendations for a real good two part cal and alk???

 

[soccerbag]

I use bulk reef supply 2 part and it works very well for me. It's easy to use. There are cheaper options but I prefer to go with ease of use. Perhaps some others will chime in with suggestions as well.

 

[bobzreef]

Mine is exactly 8" under a TEK T-5 fixture.

bob

 

[K-MAN]

its too low, raise it in the tank and check perams

 

[clowns101]

I do not belive it is to low.Ive worked with tanks that have them 36 inches below a 8 bulb t5 at the bottom of the tank.

 

[gilmour01]

i dont think its a lighting issue either. something is most likely amiss with your params.

 

[K-MAN]

well, i got mine from Tyree, had it on the bottom of an aquapod in a shaded area underneath a 150w Radium. It began to brown out and steve personally told me to raise it in the tank. I put it on a lower rock shelf and it has collored up great. That was under a 150 HQI, i think the lighting he has hee is way less..am i correct?

 

[Nicks387]

His lighting may be less, but its still enough, and I dont think it would cause tissue recession, it would be bleached which its not. It can handle more light but that won't fix the problem. Check your params.