One of my first sps corals (montipora cap) appears to have a white blotch...
- Thread starter JLAudio
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- Location
- poughquag, ny
is the blotch on the outer edge of the cap ?
- Location
- Forest Hills
white tips r signs of growth
- Location
- Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY
You know you want to post a picture for us =0)
Dude that white blotch is no good. Means dead tissue. U either have it in a high flow area or too high in ur tank I recommend u get it into a low flow area with some shade. Is this a new monti cap??? If so then that's what it is. U have to slowly get that cap adjusted to ur tank, flow and lighting. Samething happened to my purple cap. I put it up too high into a high flow area and found what looked like mucus and it turned into a white blotch and 1/2 the cap died. As soon as I moved it the cap started te regrow in the area that died. Took some time but I can definitely see the growth! Hope that's what it is and helps.
- Location
- Ossining, NY
Believe it or not, sometimes the blotchy syndrome does not come from atop, but from underneath
Take a second to blow a turkey baster underneath the Cap to see if any nudi's come flying off.
Leslie, I remember your thread and saying to double check your alk, this is a very likely culprit as well.
House
Take a second to blow a turkey baster underneath the Cap to see if any nudi's come flying off.
Leslie, I remember your thread and saying to double check your alk, this is a very likely culprit as well.
House
I just moved the montipora to about 12inches down from top of water, in a hope that the white blotch is from too much lighting and flow. I believe this ti be the culprit, because my millipora and birdsnest look so good and are typically less hardy.
LESLIE S: It doesnt look like that, more like a typical bleaching in the center.
Should I cut off the bleached part, or just assess changes it make with the lower lighting and flow?
LESLIE S: It doesnt look like that, more like a typical bleaching in the center.
Should I cut off the bleached part, or just assess changes it make with the lower lighting and flow?
Nooooooooooooooooo don't cut anything off. I wish I was home to send u b4 after pics of the problem I had when it bleached and to how its growing now. Anyway pm & I will tonight or tomorrow. But anyway the dead part will be grown over u will see. Damn I wish I was home 2 send u pics my cap was BAD! Now its beautiful.
- Location
- poughquag, ny
i doubt it was from the light, my caps are under 250w mh about a foot under the light
This is pretty good info.
Believe it or not motiporas can crap out really fast if your alk changes.
Vic
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