so, i recently got my power shut off on me, and during the day that it was off, a few of my corals bleached... this happened about 3 weeks ago and alot of the stuff is still bleached... i have 250k halides, and i dose b-ionic daily, and like i said, its just a few of them... my zoas, my open brain, one of my digitatas, my rhodactis mushrooms and my giant mushroom... does anyone know whats going on?
help please...
- Thread starter thebestincali2000
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does your tank have chiller that would have gone of due to power loss and in turn raising temp, bleaching corals
There also might have been a pH swing.
Strange that your soft corals would have "bleached" soft corals dont bleach.
Strange that your soft corals would have "bleached" soft corals dont bleach.
nope, theres no chiller at all, and when it happened, it was nice out and it rained later in the day so it wasnt warm at all... i didnt check the ph, ill post my levels when i get home...
did you check temp, any sort of stress can cause bleaching be it high or low temp, low ph , starvation, salinty or any of the other incorrect water parameters. what makes you say there are bleached? how long was power of for? what size tank?
sorry guys, i totally spaced... ph is at 8.2 and nitrates and nitrites and amonia are at zero... i dose with b-ionic so all of the necessary nutrients are there too, i did have a nitrate swing right after the power came back on due to 5 fish dying, 4 lyretail anthias and a orange spot watchman goby...params are back to normal though... solor is starting to creep back into the mushrooms, but the zoas and the open brain are still looking pretty bad, with the open brain looking the worst of all, it looks as if it has no zooxanthelae at all... its not receded though and ive been feeding it small pieces of krill to keep it sustained... i just dont know if its a losing battle or not
Well chances are the Ammonia/nitrate/nitrite produced by the dead fish caused the worst of it... hopefully the corals will recover. This is why I keep a small heater/airpump on battery backup, though heater is only plugged into the battery during the winter or when im away, as during the summer the average temperature in my basement is around 22C (about 72F for you americans 
normal tank temp is usauly around 76F), as you can guess I'd rather get more time with the airpump as a slight temp drop is less dangerous then no O2 in the water lol.
normal tank temp is usauly around 76F), as you can guess I'd rather get more time with the airpump as a slight temp drop is less dangerous then no O2 in the water lol.