placement of montipora capricornus

very true well hopefully my montipora comes back to life

 

i hope it does well also jz. best of luck

 

If your monti is turning white and you have him up top in your system he is getting to much light and dying, BUT however if just the edge is turning white thats how they are ( Signs of new growth)
First i would lower him abit, and she how he goes from there

 

ok sounds good thanks

 

400 ppm is near the higher end
Maybe higher end of the low side....

But should be around 440 ppm .....

Anyway.. I had a piece that got knocked down, when I found it the whole end was white..
It took a while, but colored back up.. You add anything for filterfeeders..?
But like the others, I think you need to get it where it likes the lights..

Good Luck, Larry

 

Can you post a picture?? Monti cap's edges turn white when they are growing. Your cap maybe fine. Post a pic if you can..

 

that is the problem is the halides over the t5s depending on the t5 set up t5's can and will bleach corals out. t5's are actually have better par readings then halides... the problems is getting the correct bulb set to get what you want for growth and colors. I would bet my money on to close to the t5s. what fixture and or bulbs do you run how many ect...... I will dig up a post on this.

http://samsreef.com/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,27/page,view/catid,4/PageNo,1/key,0/hit,1/ thats for t5s

 

i know its not growing if you look earlier in the post i said its 60% white and 40 red and i know when the edges are white it means its growing and my light set up is on my signature...Tek 48" 6 x 54 watt and the bulbs are listed below thanks

 

I bleached my birdsnest with my tek 6x54w fixture. T5s can easily bleach a coral, if it is bleached, then the best thing to do is move it lower. It will take several months to fully recover, but should color back up eventually. Again, a picture would really help. Do you still see polyps or is it just bare skeleton.