Whats Wrong With These?

kevin34

kevin34

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The past couple days 2 of my organisms havnt been opening all the way and some parts of their skirts almost look transparent and they look droopy. Any thoughts? I am getting some coral frenzy in soon so I hope that will fix them.


all my other zoas and corals are fine including my main colony of organisms.
 
kevin34

kevin34

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I did have one bulb burn out but I moved everything to the side of the tank with light. I am getting new bulbs in today. so right now they are under 1 250 watt 14K MH instead of the usual 2 250w. New bulbs are 15K.
 
kevin34

kevin34

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so this is due to lack of light? Should I move them up to the frag rack I have at the top of the tank? I have 2 other types of zoas at the same level these are at and they are fine.
 
spanko

spanko

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I am not saying for sure that is the problem, only that it could be. These may be more sensitive to a lighting change and therefore have bleached a little. I don't think you should keep moving them around though if they are that sensitive.
Let's get some other opinions here.
 
kevin34

kevin34

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ok thanks. These are somewhat of a new frag. I fragged them a few weeks ago so they might be weaker than the main colony(which has also been eating mysis). How would you recommend acclimating the new lights? Should I just replace the burnt one at first then replace the second one after a week or 2? or just replace them at the same time and cut down on the hours?
 
kevin34

kevin34

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well I moved them into a shaded area of the tank and they open all the way now so I guess too much light was the problem. Why would that happen all of a sudden? They were fine for a few weeks then all of a sudden started bleaching. And if anything my tank LOST light due to the blub burning out. Anyone know how long it should take for the colors to return?
 
kevin34

kevin34

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well they open up now and color has basically returned since moving them into the shade. even have 2 new polyps. their colors are lighter than the main colony but could that be from the shade? should I move them back into the light now or would that cause them to bleach again?
 
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