Purple and Gold Torch help!

[StephyC09]

I bought a beautiful purple and gold torch. It was doing very well until about 1.5 wks ago. It has developed a white area and has lost all of its color. It has not moved locations for well over 2 months until I moved it this morning. Is it getting bleached? It was not a cheap buy and i love this torch! In the photo where the red arrow is, was where the torch was and as you can see I moved it back under a rock shelf. I really don't want to lose it!

 

[StephyC09]

Here is an up close photo of it....

 

[ReeferWarrant]

What are your parameters? Can you post a video so we can see the flow? That live rock/tank looks really new also.

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Also, what type of lighting are you using?

 

[StephyC09]

What are your parameters? Can you post a video so we can see the flow? That live rock/tank looks really new also.

We restarted out tank in August 2020. It had been sitting with the rocks and water for almost a year, no fish or coral. We had the rocks since we started the tank a couple years ago. As for lighting all I know is it is a LED light. I am checking water today. Since I moved the coral the flow will be slightly different but I will get a video

 

[ADAM]

Yes it’s bleached/bleaching. Something is off in your water chemistry and/or lighting may be playing a part as well.

An overview of the system, tank size, lighting, flow, age, etc.... and current tests results will be needed to help further

 

[ADAM]

We restarted out tank in August 2020. It had been sitting with the rocks and water for almost a year, no fish or coral. We had the rocks since we started the tank a couple years ago. As for lighting all I know is it is a LED light. I am checking water today. Since I moved the coral the flow will be slightly different but I will get a video

For the barren time was there still water movement?

 

[StephyC09]

What are your parameters? Can you post a video so we can see the flow? That live rock/tank looks really new also.

We restarted out tank in August 2020. It had been sitting with the rocks and water for almost a year, no fish or coral. We had the rocks since we started the tank a couple years ago. As for lighting all I know is it is a LED light. I am checking water today. Since I moved the coral the flow will be slightly different but I will get a video