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Picked up these three frags from an online auction my local LFS was having. Got them home last night, acclimated them for thirty minutes and then dipped in Coral RX and then rodi. Place them on the frag rack on the bottom of tank. This morning the Red cap month was bleached all the way around, the Jedi mind trick looks bleached and the gaft bonsai doesn’t look good at all and even has a brown slime collecting on the tips. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My parameters are:
Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.2
Alk 156
Calc 451

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When you say dipped in CoralRX and then RODI - was that fresh salt water or pure RODI water? And if pure RODI, how long was that dip?
 
It was pure rodi from my ATO reservoir. I was mistaken in that I was to rinse off sps the same as low and softies after a dip.
They were in the rinse for about 20 seconds. On the gaft bonsai I can see the green polyps on about half of the frag but barely extended. The monti still is deep red in the center and the Jedi mind trick is totally white with red polyps
 
Montipora is always light color around the edge , If they fragged it for a while. I hope it is not bleached
 

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