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01-31-2007, 02:44 PM
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REEFLVR
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Will the color come back?
I got a monti plate coral and set it in my tank about 1/2 way up in the tank. The next morning it was white or a light pink, and when I got it the day before it was an orange-red. Is it dead now, or will the color come back? I have PC lighting and it was under MH at the LFS.
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01-31-2007, 02:53 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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You should put it up as high in your tank as you can!How many watts are your lighting?What is your water parimeters?
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01-31-2007, 03:05 PM
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REEFLVR
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Location: Oklahoma
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I put it on the sand after my last post a couple days ago and telling how it turned pink over night, and got told I bleached it out. I had it on my highest rock before when it was halfway up in the tank. I have PC lighting of 96 watt lights. There are actinic lights and 10,000K lights on my 6 foot tank. The tank is 28 inches deep, and 18 inches from front to back.
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01-31-2007, 03:10 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
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Thats ironic
I got my monti from live aquaria and it was under i think 400Watt 20 K HQI .
I put it towards the bottom of my tank under 150 watt pc,s
never lost color and is starting to grow.
Guess it depends on the the specimin, accclamation, and pre exhisting stress from the LFS
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01-31-2007, 03:24 PM
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REEFLVR
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When I first put it in the tank I had it on my rocks halfway up. Then I moved it. Will the color come back or is it dead?
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Coral beauty, Clown fish, 3 pajama cardinals
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01-31-2007, 03:26 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Is there still tissue? Can you see pylops out? That coral is either dead,... or really really bleached.
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01-31-2007, 03:28 PM
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REEFLVR
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I looked and I see some tiny fring looking things around the edge in one or two places. Not many though. I guess that is what you are talking about.
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01-31-2007, 03:32 PM
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That's weird, I wouldn't think that there would be too much light with PC's over such a deep tank. I had some bleaching with my montis under VHO and T5's but my tank is very shallow. Only thing I can add is to give it some time and keep it lower in the tank for now, it can adapt to lower lights and brown up, but with too much light, it'll just fry.
Edit: also make sure you have good flow on the frag, that will help too.
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01-31-2007, 03:34 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Good point Hng,... the flow is important.
I'm thinking that it maybe the change in type of light,... or simply stress that caused this.
I have bleached Caps going under my PC's before 
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01-31-2007, 04:33 PM
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It can be rebuilt.
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did you double check the salinity between the bag and your tank? caps are usually pretty bulletproof, with any kind of lighting. they will either brown on you or start growing.
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02-01-2007, 02:31 PM
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REEFLVR
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Yes I did. I asked him at his shop what his SG was and he said 1.025, but when I got home it tested 1.020. I took at least two hours to acclimate it. I really want to get some more of them and make a few banks of them around my tank on some rocks. I just like the look of them.
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02-01-2007, 08:36 PM
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It can be rebuilt.
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how is that acro in the background doing?
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