I have a young tank, coming on 6 months old. I was at a coral show Sunday and decided just to see if an acro would stay alive in my tank, so I purchased something cheap. I just noticed today that it's bleached about halfway up from the base. Parameters are below. Working on getting phosphates down from about .2, nitrates are 17. Probably around 200 par in that location at the peak of the day. I know that's probably not enough for a lot of SPS, but I didn't think it would cause it to die in 3 days. Is it just an issue of not having an established tank? Not enough light? Something else? Thanks!
Update: I posted the above in a FB group. Since then the left branch has gone completely white. I also saw my cleaner shrimp picking at the frag. See video. Was it just picking at the dead polyps? Could it be the killer? I don't suppose even if it was it would bleach the coral immediately.
Update: I posted the above in a FB group. Since then the left branch has gone completely white. I also saw my cleaner shrimp picking at the frag. See video. Was it just picking at the dead polyps? Could it be the killer? I don't suppose even if it was it would bleach the coral immediately.