snehls Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 For about two weeks now my Blastomussa Merletti has been pale/white in color. Beforehand it had been a very healthy red. Although the color is not correct, the structure of teh coral looks ok. My one hypothesis is that my Frogspawn somehow tagged it, and the Blasto is still reeling from the 2 week old combat. I think this is pretty unlikely though. Any ideas? Link to comment
reef hugger Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Is this a new coral? How close to the lights is it? Link to comment
snehls Posted April 27, 2005 Author Share Posted April 27, 2005 It is not terribly new, it was fine for two weeks, then I tried to move it up in the tanks, closer to the lights. It went pale at that time and hasn't recolored yet. Link to comment
reef hugger Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I would try moving it back to where it was and see if the color comes back. It sounds like it bleached from having more light than it could handle. Link to comment
pomby27 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 they lke to be in the shades more then they do lights Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Yeah, bleaching can be a very delayed response in some corals. Link to comment
snehls Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 it has been back in its same location for like 2 weeks. i'll keep everyone updated. Does bleaching remedy itself over time? Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 If the coral lives, usually it does. Link to comment
snehls Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 so my blasto is still bleached, I think for roughly 3 weeks now. That said, it seems to be healthy as I have seen it growing 3 baby blasto heads. They are similarly pale. Is Kent's Phytoplankton not the best thing to be feeding them? Must I do more than squirt it into the tank, but actually spray it on the blasto individually? I'm just worried it hasn't retained its original red color. Thanks in advance for your help. Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Try individually feeding each polyp with some meaty food, if you can. Be careful not to over-do it on the phyto, either. Just a few drops! Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 What type of lighting are you running? In my experience, merlettis will do well in most lighting situations as long as they are supplemented with a meaty food. Usually squid, mysis, and krill are great candidates. Like BK said, be careful with the phyto. Too much can lower your water quality pretty quickly. Link to comment
snehls Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 Well, I have definitely been overfeeding Phyto, but my water quality is still ok. So only 2-3 drops of Phyto every other day or so? And would some Krill be ok to feed the Blastos? Thanks again. Link to comment
snehls Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 oh I am running stock JBJ Lighting for the 12 G Nano Deluxe. That is, 48 watts. Link to comment
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