HELP! LightShock?

[Wizzy]

Yesterday I moved my corals (ricordea, button polyps, zoanthids...) from a low-light setup to a higher light setup. I was using the LED light from a Fluval Spec 2.0. It is capable of growing soft corals. The new light is 48 watts (stock light) on Nanocube 12 DX. The LPS that I recently put in the tank is doing great it's just the soft corals that don't look so hot. They are shrunken up and don't look very happy. However, most of them are still open. I would appreciate it if anyone can give me any advice on what to do to help save my corals.

 

Pictures ↓↓↓↓

 

My Green Ricordea is all smooshed ↓↓↓

 

 

 

This Pink Zoanthid (ID Would Helpful... I got it as a Hitchhiker.) used to stand about 1/2 inch high. ↓↓↓

 

 

 

You can see the LPS in the background is doing fine. ↓↓↓

 

 

 

These polyps used to stand about 1/2 inch high.

 

 

 

And can anyone ID this Coral Please? ↓↓↓

 

 

 

 

Thank You- Wizzy

[jnelson]

You just did this yesterday... It probably isn't light shock, the corals are just getting used to a new environment. Give it a few more days and keep things stable (don't move them around, keep your lighting schedule the same, etc.).

 

Not sure on the zoa but the last coral is a Scolymia (type of LPS).

[Wizzy]

Thanks for the reply/ID and I sure do hope you're right! I'll update this post in a few days and let everyone know how my corals are doing.

 

Thanks- Wizzy

[Trogdor447]

yup i gave my gf some frags i made (specifically) for her - into her edge last week - and they did the same right off the bat - they are ok though not opening up as far - the LED's 6 inches above them is a lot more powerful than the t5hO a ways away

[the gzaa]

The lighting is just one of many factors in a tank...just like JNelson stated you gota give them some time in the tank. If you acclimated them properly then they should look healthy in a day.

 

The Gzaa

[HVani]

I can only comment on the zoas since the same thing happened to mine when I upgraded from PC to LEDs. From what I've read it's normal for them to be shorter and they only sit up when there is less light. Mine now grow very close to the surface but are still open and looking nice.

[Wizzy]

Thank You Everyone! Your responses make me feel a lot better and I hope everything works out. Like I said, I'll update this post in a few days and let you know how the corals are doing.

 

Thank You- Wizzy

[Wizzy]

Hello Everyone, so it has been a few days and here's my update-

 

Corals are still shriveled. But haven't lost color or started to die.

 

Ricordea is doing the best and has opened up a little.

 

I've been running my lights approximately 2-3 hours less per day but I don't know if this has helped at all.

 

Thank You- Wizzy

[DaJMasta]

That may be too little light. The light you have in your new tank isn't *that* much more powerful... Go with a normal photoperiod and you should be fine. There's really only reason to do that dramatic of an acclimation if your lights are very powerful (like if that was 48W of LEDs) or if they come from an extremely low light environment relative to where they're moving.

 

 

For what it's worth, I've had tanks with both metal halide and LED lighting and have never reduced the photoperiod more than an hour or two for acclimation or otherwise. I find a good spot I think gives the coral about the right amount of light and see how it does there. If it starts bleaching you can move it elsewhere, but I've never had the problem where you bleach a coral so much it kills it. That's including 150W of MH and then 63W of LED over a 24G tank in the upper half.

[Wizzy]

That may be too little light. The light you have in your new tank isn't *that* much more powerful... Go with a normal photoperiod and you should be fine. There's really only reason to do that dramatic of an acclimation if your lights are very powerful (like if that was 48W of LEDs) or if they come from an extremely low light environment relative to where they're moving.

 

 

For what it's worth, I've had tanks with both metal halide and LED lighting and have never reduced the photoperiod more than an hour or two for acclimation or otherwise. I find a good spot I think gives the coral about the right amount of light and see how it does there. If it starts bleaching you can move it elsewhere, but I've never had the problem where you bleach a coral so much it kills it. That's including 150W of MH and then 63W of LED over a 24G tank in the upper half.

 

Thanks for the response! Most of the corals I added have been slowly opening up over the last week. I hope that they keep progressing and eventually acclimate themselves to the increased light.

 

Thank You- Wizzy