What’s going on with my Favia?!
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Hard to tell, but it looks like it may be expelling it’s host algae from its mouth and bleaching out. The color looks a bit washed out and its skin tight to the skeleton. Maybe it is in too much light? I would tuck it in some shade. Any idea what PAR level it is at?Haven’t seen this before…. Thought maybe poop or a stinger? Is from underneath him…
thanks for any help
Shaggy
How much flow is it being hit with?
Water parameters? Alk, Nitrate, Phosphate?
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Shaggymv
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Half way up a stock BioCube, with stock lights plus a blue led light strip.
flow is pretty low
colors on it look great at night
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Could be just freaking out adjusting to your system/lighting compared with where it came from? I think a see a little tissue recession in the front too…
How often are you feeding it?
What’s your alk, nitrate, and phosphate like?
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Reef roids about once a week
will have to find last water test… all was “good” according to LFS
I check alkalinity at least 3x a week. You might want to look into a few test kits for parameters that can swing quickly. Alkalinity especially can go up and down quickly and corals hate that and it can cause all sorts of problems.
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Expelling zooxanthellae and may need a little more light. Feed mysis shrimp instead of powdered foods
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