My brain is turning white.
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jpc763
Active Member
I agree, post your parameters.
Also, take a look at this thread https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/321558/help-with-favites I had a Favites turn white and after moving it out of the direct light, it colored back up.
Good Luck. J
Also, take a look at this thread https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/321558/help-with-favites I had a Favites turn white and after moving it out of the direct light, it colored back up.
Good Luck. J
bigbills
Member
Originally Posted by Tankgeeks
http:///forum/post/2662850
first things first....i would find out your water parameters using trustworthy test kits
I don't know how trustworthy my Red Sea kit is (nitrates have always seemed to read a bit high, as in NEVER 0), but here are my parameters the night I took those pictures:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
ph 8.0
Temp 81
Salinity 1.021
I think I'm going to try moving it down to the sandbed, and possibly into a shadier area.
http:///forum/post/2662850
first things first....i would find out your water parameters using trustworthy test kits
I don't know how trustworthy my Red Sea kit is (nitrates have always seemed to read a bit high, as in NEVER 0), but here are my parameters the night I took those pictures:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
ph 8.0
Temp 81
Salinity 1.021
I think I'm going to try moving it down to the sandbed, and possibly into a shadier area.
cowfishrule
Active Member
has it ever landed in the sand, or has sand ever landed on top of it?
i had a huge favites and it fell over once. was face down in the sand for no more than a minute. it never recovered after that.
i had a huge favites and it fell over once. was face down in the sand for no more than a minute. it never recovered after that.
bigbills
Member
Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2663400
has it ever landed in the sand, or has sand ever landed on top of it?
i had a huge favites and it fell over once. was face down in the sand for no more than a minute. it never recovered after that.
It did get knocked off it's ledge by a hermit once and landed upside down on the sandbed. It spent several hours (at least) like that.
Did yours die, or did it just lose it's coloration?
http:///forum/post/2663400
has it ever landed in the sand, or has sand ever landed on top of it?
i had a huge favites and it fell over once. was face down in the sand for no more than a minute. it never recovered after that.
It did get knocked off it's ledge by a hermit once and landed upside down on the sandbed. It spent several hours (at least) like that.
Did yours die, or did it just lose it's coloration?
bigbills
Member
Originally Posted by ci11337
http:///forum/post/2663473
Is it the flesh thats turning white or is that skeleton?
The skeleton. The dark purpleish color is turning white, not the bright green.
http:///forum/post/2663473
Is it the flesh thats turning white or is that skeleton?
The skeleton. The dark purpleish color is turning white, not the bright green.
cowfishrule
Active Member
Originally Posted by BigBills
http:///forum/post/2663541
It did get knocked off it's ledge by a hermit once and landed upside down on the sandbed. It spent several hours (at least) like that.
Did yours die, or did it just lose it's coloration?
it died.
http:///forum/post/2663541
It did get knocked off it's ledge by a hermit once and landed upside down on the sandbed. It spent several hours (at least) like that.
Did yours die, or did it just lose it's coloration?
it died.
C
cmaxwell39
Guest
Your salinity is very low. I would try to get it up to 1.024-1.026. I am not sure if that would cause your favites to bleach, but it is not good for the long term health of any of your corals.
privatejoker
Member
Take it out of the light completely. I have a brain that is under an overhang and only gets what bounces of the sand bed. It look better now then ever and it was one of my first pieces I ever bought.
notsonoob
Member
Same thing happened to me when I changed lights.
Moved my red brain to another location and started dosing with phyrotoplankton.
It all has to do with proper location too. I had mine directly under a MH and it didn't like it too well.
It also just may have expelled the algea out of it as it is stressed.
Mine was pretty pale for about 2 weeks.
Moved my red brain to another location and started dosing with phyrotoplankton.
It all has to do with proper location too. I had mine directly under a MH and it didn't like it too well.
It also just may have expelled the algea out of it as it is stressed.
Mine was pretty pale for about 2 weeks.