Orange Chalice

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Nano

A kh of 7 isn't anything to fret over. If your lights are at 90% it may be too much. Other parameters would help if listed.

KH was down to 7 after water change, but am adjusting my dosing to bring it up to 8 again. Currently today at 7.5, so not quite there yet. Ca at 400. N03 is zero. P04 at .06 at last check (Hanna checker) and varies between zero and .07 lately. Haven't tested Mg for a while, so not sure what it is right now.

As discussed, I suspect it is the light, though, as a couple of other new corals had bleaching, too. My Tyree Cyphastrea Japonica is not doing too well either. I moved it down and into partial shade. I hope I wasn't too late with that one. My new Yellow Birdsnest was moved down too, and it seems to be OK now.

My older corals, incl some SPS right near the top of my tank seem to be doing fine, with new growth and good colour.

[Proteus]

I have trouble with some chalice. I keep them in fairly shaded spots. My radion is at 80% and yeah even that's a little bright for lps. I went from a MH to the led and sps I had on top of tank under MH had to go 2/3 down.

[Seriak]

My original radions are still at 70% and they still bleach corals more than half way up the tank.

[Proteus]

Yep. I started mine at 40% and ramped them 5% every week. Even still I lost a granulosa that I should have put on bottom but foolish me put it half way up

[Doug]

My chalice looses its brilliant colour if its to far down from the lights. When I recently experimented running both my led fixtures, it had bright blue and red. Now back to one fixture, half way up its dull again.

If your guys Radions are bleaching corals like you say, then my leds must suck big time.