Ora ice tort bleaching

[nyshoots]

A few weeks ago one of my rocks fell over and my Ora ice tort frag had some little pieces break off. I glued the rock back down but the tort has been slowly bleaching more and more as the weeks go on. All other sps in my tank looks fine and is growing except this one. Anybody have any ideas ?

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[nyshoots]

Tested the water tonight

Salt .026
PH 8.4
Temp 78
Nitrates 0
Calcium 440
Dkh 8
Phosphate in between 0 and 0.25 hard to read API but looks yellow.



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[dherrera83]

where is the placement of the coral at in your tank?

 

[Mattl22]

Sps r sooo finicky same thing happened to me with tubs pink jade it stopped growing for a few months just started again they don't like being tossed around at all I try soo hard to leave them alone when glued in for this reason!

 

[CONSTANTNE]

Is the bleaching happening from the base, tips, or all over?

 

[nyshoots]

It's like a strip from the top to the base only on the left side

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[lfsmarineguy]

1) Get a better PO4 kit. A range of 0-.25 is too broad to be of any help in a reef.

2) What's your Magnesium at?

3) What's your Strontium at?

 

[nyshoots]

I don't have those test kits , I do a 4.4 gallon a week water change using the carib sea bottled water and like I said all my other sps looks great and are showing growth. I have the frag at the top of my rock its in the top 25% of my tank under 14k hqi

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[lfsmarineguy]

Just because the other corals are doing ok doesn't mean everything is ok. It just means those corals aren't as stressed by whatever is going on. Regular water changes are great but it doesn't guarantee your levels will remain stable. I would find someone with those kits or get them yourself and find out what your levels are.

 

[nyshoots]

I'll go get the kits which do you guys recommend ?

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[lfsmarineguy]

I use the Salifert Strontium and the Red Sea Pro for Magnesium but there are a few Mag kits that are ok. I'd ask around to see if anyone near you can test it for you and look for the kits.

 

[nyshoots]

Anybody around mamaroneck have these kits for sale ?

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[nyshoots]

Well I think I figured it out. I redirected the flow to make it a little stronger around most of my hard corals and after 24 hours I'm already seeing a slight improvement

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