So I came in this morning to see all the sps in my frag rack bleached out and the LPS and zooanthids were looking sad. I eventually determined the lights had been on constantly since friday morning due to a timer malfunction. Any ideas on the best course of treatment? Most still have patches of color and polyps, some are completely gone. I have the lights off now. Im thinking I'll start with 2 hours/day and add an hour a day, maybe raise them up as well. Im not really sure what to do... All the clams look fine however...
massive bleaching event
- Thread starter MisFit
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thanks.... its really disappointing, I had some softball sized colonies in there ready for some serious fragging. I guess it will be even longer before I have one of my free coral blowouts again. At least the main tank wasnt affected, but there were a bunch of things that hadn't made it to the main tank yet. I need to take a photo of the damage when the lights come back on tomorrow.
trish051007
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Wow! What a difference..looks great!
Muddskipper35
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Holy Cow! You said thats a frag tank? Looks more like a full display waiting to be put in place.
Nice!
Nice!
Its 36"x42"x7.5" and lit by 2 250 watt 14k Ushios in Hamilton reefstar fixtures.
I lost a ton of tiny pocillopora frags, a couple of acro frags, a few real small monti frags and a couple other small frags. Pretty much anything that was really small got toasted as they completely bleached out. Anything that was larger survived.
