Shadowing

[Klinson8]

So because of my LEDs some of my corals are shadowing themselves which I’ve done a lot of research on lately. Will the shadow and kill the whole coral? The right side and top seem to be doing fine can I let it go or will it become an issue? I don’t have space to add T fives which is what I see a lot of people say. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Klinson8]

So because of my LEDs some of my corals are shadowing themselves which I’ve done a lot of research on lately. Will the shadow and kill the whole coral? The right side and top seem to be doing fine can I let it go or will it become an issue? I don’t have space to add T fives which is what I see a lot of people say. Thanks in advance for the help. Also, can I rotate the coral since it seems to be the left side on the two in question?

 

[vetteguy53081]

So because of my LEDs some of my corals are shadowing themselves which I’ve done a lot of research on lately. Will the shadow and kill the whole coral? The right side and top seem to be doing fine can I let it go or will it become an issue? I don’t have space to add T fives which is what I see a lot of people say. Thanks in advance for the help.

Shadowing often affecs a certain posrtion of corals based on angel of lens from light. Elevating the light or lights will wide angle such as Kessil 360We will alleviate this somewhat. Assure you have shadowing and not STN

 

[Dburr1014]

So because of my LEDs some of my corals are shadowing themselves which I’ve done a lot of research on lately. Will the shadow and kill the whole coral? The right side and top seem to be doing fine can I let it go or will it become an issue? I don’t have space to add T fives which is what I see a lot of people say. Thanks in advance for the help.

Where the shadow is, the coral will stop growing or die in that section.
Coral need light(unless it's a non-photosynthetic type), and food to survive and grow.

 

[mtraylor]

Can you show pictures of your shadowing with fts and close ups? Also tank dimensions and light setup

 

[Klinson8]

Shadowing often affecs a certain posrtion of corals based on angel of lens from light. Elevating the light or lights will wide angle such as Kessil 360We will alleviate this somewhat. Assure you have shadowing and not STN

No assuming it shadowing not stn just because the placement but I could be wrong.

 

[Klinson8]

Can you show pictures of your shadowing with fts and close ups? Also tank dimensions and light setup

Best I could do. The first frag I am not sure if It’s shadowing. Had it for months and never changed so I believe it’s just lack of colored skin basically. Polyps are always extended on that part. The other two pictures never really see any polyps and a larger piece kind of overhangs the bottom part of its skeleton.

 

[mtraylor]

Please provide tanks dimensions and light setup as well as tank parms. That looks like a birds nest or pocillipora from what I can tell in Pic. The first picture is fully exposed to light and yet there is an issue at base and side. Pocillipora can be difficult to take care of