Torch Coral Bleaching

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Hi guys,

I just bought a torch frag a couple hours ago. I floated the bag, drip acclimated etc.

One big mistake that I did was I dipped too much coral RX. I left it in for 10 minutes and when I took the torch out the bottom was all bleached.

I researched online and some people have gotten their corals back to good health, whereas other corals never recovered and have died.

I just want to see if anyone has any experience with bleaching by too much dip and what you guys did to fix it?

I know that definite stable parameters are a must.

Thanks.
 
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Currently the actinic lights are on, so it doesn't do the pic justice. But it's pretty much white. [emoji24][emoji24]
 
Should bounce back hopefully. I bleached a gold torch coral about a year ago, almost the whole thing was white and it came back, then again it got bleached from my new radion, but it still eventually got its full color, strength and length back, took about 6 months.
 

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