Bleaching Idaho Grape Monti
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Topic: Bleaching Idaho Grape Monti
Posted By: SkylerS
Subject: Bleaching Idaho Grape Monti
Date Posted: May 05 2012 at 4:19pm
Hey guys, a couple of weeks ago my LFS brought it a beautiful large colony of Idaho grape, I think it actually came in as a trade. I really wanted it, but didn't have the $70 price tag they wanted even though I felt it was a really good deal. Well, I went in yesterday and the beautiful purple has turned in to a kind of brownish purple and it had started to bleach out. The owner told me $30 so I snagged it up. I also grabbed a small red monti and a brown/green monti. They are all showing GREAT polyp extension, even the bleaching idaho grape, and on a side note an acro frag I've had in my tank for several months is finally starting to extend polyps! =) My rambling aside, what can I do to help this idaho grape recover better from the bleaching? Right now I have this monti about 10" from the top of the tank. These are my first montipora corals.
Paramters:
SG1.025
dKh-10
Phos 0.25ppm
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate: 5ppm
Temp 80-77 (day/night)
Calcium 420
This is a 75 gallon aquarium with 36 3watt leds.
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Posted By: SkylerS
Date Posted: May 05 2012 at 4:33pm
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ON a side note, the coral tank this monti came from at the LFS, params are unknown. It was mixed with many other SPS and LPS and I don't think care was often taken to make sure things weren't touching. The flow in this tank was also fairly low. I anticipate decent recovery with the fact that it's showing great polyps extension, I was just wondering if there is anything I could or should do to ensure a speedier recovery.
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Posted By: rufessor
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 10:19am
Just watch it for color fade/bleach as your tank likely has different lighting and its now on its 3rd tank in as many weeks.... in my experience Idaho grape is more or less a weed as far as SPS goes.... so I would not worry about it overly much. I sold "all" of mine and its now growing in three more spots in my tank. So long as your Ca is even close to 350+ and your light is moderate in intensity you should be good. Not a high light coral, not a demanding coral as far as SPS goes, a great coral to rescue!
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