why do chalice bleach?

[uchin]

Everything in my tank is doing fine. I have three chalice colanys that bleaching in some spots. Some are bleaching white and one is turning clear.

 

[benny z]

too much light?

what are your system/water specs?

 

[Pazazz]

Check alk, ph, mag or lighting issues

 

[amore169]

U need to be more specific about ur tank, any type of coral needs a stable enviroment especially some chalices, what are ur water parameters? Alk Ca Mg? Lighting? Temp?

 

[JR's Reef]

All of the above :D

 

[uchin]

My alk 9dkh cal 400 mag 1300 now at 1400 for about two weeks. Temp const 80. Salinaty 7.25. 250 mh and t5. I keep amlost every type of coral.
All my le frags are doing good. Around eight others are doing fine. They are all on thebottom half of the tank. I move them up down dif light. Its driving me nuts. I'm almost thinking something alive is messing with them.

 

[uchin]

One of my favorite is around 8 inch round, its lost 70% of it color throughout. Think I can save it? Maybe put it in someone elses tank.

 

[uchin]

What kind of flow and perameters do you have success with?

 

[JR's Reef]

Are you dosing anything like vodka? Try putting them in more of a shaded area

 

[uchin]

Using the britewell bio fuel with m b 7. Never dosed vodka. I have a 185, how much would I need to dose? Ill try putting it in more shaded areas again.
Can you tell me what you keep yours at. Thanks

 

[JR's Reef]

How long have you been using BW BF? I think we are getting there now

 

[uchin]

About month and half. Can they die from not enough light?

 

[UWWorld_NJ]

just make sure your not over dosing anything as this can cause it, also lighting is a big factor as well. the BF you cannot overdose or you can strip out alot of good bacteria ect.

 

[JR's Reef]

About month and half. Can they die from not enough light?

Okay I think you have strip to much nutritions out to fast. Ive done it dosing Vodka before. Shade them but make sure there getting some light just indirect light. You might want to stop or cut back on the BF. It took mine a couple months to recover but they all did and I have around 30 different chalices

 

[Reeferdood]

I use BF and MB-7 too, love them both! I am not having issues with anything because of these products. Chalace corals like a lighter envirnment with medium flow. I might look to see if anything might be buggin it...

 

[crisis]

Have you checked out the thread on RC about the little black bugs eating up chalices? I'm paranoid about that now. Some people have had some random chalice and acan losses while all their other corals have been perfectly fine. They've been treating it with interceptor. I think they described white stringy things around the edges, so that doesn't sound like what's going on with you. A chalice frag I got turned clear and white around the edges, and took a few weeks to recover. Have you had these chalices for a while?

 

[Viva'sReef]

One of my favorite is around 8 inch round, its lost 70% of it color throughout. Think I can save it? Maybe put it in someone elses tank.

Is this a wild colony that you recently acquired?

 

[Znut Reefer]

Agree some chalices like lower lighting.

 

[uchin]

The one bleching the most was in a lfs display tank for a few years. Its been in my tank for about three weeks b4 it started to bleach. I ran interseptor twice, last week was the second teatment. I heard they like dirty water, low light, low flow and your mag has to be up to 1400.

 

[Tankguy001]

I have a few chalices and some are right under the light and thriving while others needed to be off to the side.