Pavona Loosing Colour

[Alistair]

Hi Guys, had this pavona for about 3 weeks and its been losing colour. Other corals seem to be fine. Any thoughts?

Params:
Alk 9.3 DKh
Cal 420 PPM
Nitrate 0.2 PPM
Phos 0.03 PPM

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Move it to the sand to acclimate if you haven't done it already.

It looks like a young tank. And honestly some corals just don’t do well. No matter the numbers on the tests.

Ime , if the coral is healthy , you have decent light and flow and some food in the tank , corals just grow or at least maintain. If they don’t , they sometimes just don’t.

 

[Alistair]

Thanks for input! Tank is about 1 year, acclimated for 5 days on sandbed. Guess I should move it to shaded area.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Thanks for input! Tank is about 1 year, acclimated for 5 days on sandbed. Guess I should move it to shaded area.

Always challenging to determine if it’s a low or highlight coral and also guessing on the light levels as well as what it was under before you got it.

 

[Alistair]

Always challenging to determine if it’s a low or highlight coral and also guessing on the light levels as well as what it was under before you got it.

I find coral placement so tricky!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I find coral placement so tricky!

We all do. It’s part of the learning curve. Even the most experienced can be thrown.