SPS Bleaching ?

[kingrb]

Why...?...

I finally get things running great.
Bring home a hand full of SPS frags on Sunday.
Tuesday they all looked nice and health.
I get home yesterday and took a look to see two are completely bleached.
They bleached overnight...

This hobby can be a pain...

 

[halvc909]

I agree...This hobby can be a pain...I can't get my zoas to grow and I thought they are easy to take care of

 

[shapermike]

I have a few hundred frags and mother colonies and once in a while I find one that bleached. I have see water prams change and the corals just dont like it. did you dip your new frags befor you put them in you tanks?

 

[kingrb]

No i didn't dip them.
But i picked them up from someone that has aquacultured / Captive-Grown Corals. That he frags from the mother colonies.

 

[shapermike]

I dont trust any one not even my other tanks in my house. I dip every thing, I have had problems with corals having sps eating flatworms that will wipe out a coral fast.

I have also fraged a coral and on peace would bleach and the there 5 make it. I would guess something happens and gets an infection/ RTN, not fun to watch for sure. when I sell or give frags I make sure that they heal or at least have been in the system for a week or more before I let then go.

 

[NVTE]

The reason is the water parameter suddenly changed. might want to check them all, especially ALK, Cal, Mag.

I bought frag from some reefers and they have red bugs. Lucky I inspected it first, and Interceptor dip was on the way.

 

[Aquafrags]

Rapid bleaching is usually due to a large shift in alk, too intense of lighting, or the acclimation period needed to be longer

always dip and always acclimate,sps.

I always ask the person I am getting the corals from what they run their alk and temp at, so there is no major differences, if there is, my acclimation is going to be longer.

 

[kingrb]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

I understand the why, but what blows my mind..... I have 12 different SPS frags and only 2 bleached...