Hi All,
Hoping I can get some advice on how to address this crazy bleaching event that’s just come up & is only affecting my pink/red montis. Everything else is fine -- all acros, soft corals, fish and even non-pink montis are fine. Only other symptom is patches of white on live rock; at this point, my guess is trace minerals (K & I)? which I started dosing yesterday.
It’s super strange to me b/c I’ve never seen bleaching exclusively hit one color & leave everything else untouched… It’s so drastic, in fact, that I’ve got one rock with 2 monti caps (1 red & 1 green); the red is 100% bleached and the green is as happy as it’s ever been. Corals affected:
-Mike
Parameters:
- ALK 9.74 [trident doses ~70mL/day]
- Ca 430 [~40mL/day]
- Mg 1316 [~15mL/day]
- Ammonia & Nitrite = 0
- Nitrate: 0 / small trace amt
- PH 8.23 [Apex Readings stable]
- Salinity Stable @ 1.27
- Temp: 78degrees [heater on @ 77.5; Chiller on at 78.5]
Tank:
- Red Sea Reefer 350; running for 2.5yrs
- No changes/additions in last ~8months
- Apex Trident controls dosing for: ALK, Mg, Ca & NoPoX
- Lights: 2x Radion XR30 G4 Pro [no change to settings in 2yrs]
- Skimmer: RSK 600
- Chiller, heaters, power heads all working fine
- Fuge: Chaeto, Kessil A360x Refugium Light & CO2 Scrubber
- Normal Filtration cups media (mix of Carbon & Chemipure blue, bio balls, mesh sock)
Hoping I can get some advice on how to address this crazy bleaching event that’s just come up & is only affecting my pink/red montis. Everything else is fine -- all acros, soft corals, fish and even non-pink montis are fine. Only other symptom is patches of white on live rock; at this point, my guess is trace minerals (K & I)? which I started dosing yesterday.
It’s super strange to me b/c I’ve never seen bleaching exclusively hit one color & leave everything else untouched… It’s so drastic, in fact, that I’ve got one rock with 2 monti caps (1 red & 1 green); the red is 100% bleached and the green is as happy as it’s ever been. Corals affected:
- Pink Megatron monti [85%+ bleached]
- Bubblegum digi [~20% bleached; starting at base]
- Sunset monti [100% bleached]
- RR Tropic Thunder monti [~20% bleached]
- Red Monti Cap [100% bleached]
- Live Rock [30% white patches]
- Started dosing trace minerals (Red Sea A, B, C, D); 15mL up front + 10mL over 24 hrs
- Skimmer off for last 24hrs (to not skim out trace minerals)
- Metasorb arriving today; just in case some harmful metal was introduced somehow
- Changed out Carbon
- Will likely do a water change tonight
-Mike
Parameters:
- ALK 9.74 [trident doses ~70mL/day]
- Ca 430 [~40mL/day]
- Mg 1316 [~15mL/day]
- Ammonia & Nitrite = 0
- Nitrate: 0 / small trace amt
- PH 8.23 [Apex Readings stable]
- Salinity Stable @ 1.27
- Temp: 78degrees [heater on @ 77.5; Chiller on at 78.5]
Tank:
- Red Sea Reefer 350; running for 2.5yrs
- No changes/additions in last ~8months
- Apex Trident controls dosing for: ALK, Mg, Ca & NoPoX
- Lights: 2x Radion XR30 G4 Pro [no change to settings in 2yrs]
- Skimmer: RSK 600
- Chiller, heaters, power heads all working fine
- Fuge: Chaeto, Kessil A360x Refugium Light & CO2 Scrubber
- Normal Filtration cups media (mix of Carbon & Chemipure blue, bio balls, mesh sock)