Do you smell toast?

Aquattro · #1 11-04-2013, 01:10 AM

Typically once a coral gets what it needs, the whole piece will color up. I had a piece brown out in the back of my frag tank, once I put it back into a good spot in the DT, it turned bright blue again within a week or two.

Madreefer · #2 11-04-2013, 01:17 AM

Kind of same topic so not trying to hijack.
So Brad did the base of your SPS kind of brownout under your LEDs? I noticed mine do that and they never did that under MH. Which makes me think there's not enough ummmm I dunno, spread I guess with LED

Aquattro · #3 11-04-2013, 01:24 AM

No, the LEDs kept the SPS constant from base to tip. Just a slight loss in overall tone. Even at the lower areas of the tank.

Madreefer · #4 11-04-2013, 01:36 AM

Well mine are much different color at the base. Not all, only the really big colonies. Thought it was from lack of light. Dammit I hate testing water.

Aquattro · #5 11-04-2013, 01:37 AM

some of my colonies are huge, and solid color from bottom to top. But I had 6 units running at 100/100/96, so maybe brighter than yours?

Madreefer · #6 11-04-2013, 02:42 AM

Well I took a really good look and i'm thinking it's just the shade. Tried taking a pic but with a stupid rounded front I just cant get a good pic. I'm just overthinking I guess.

kien · #7 11-04-2013, 03:14 PM

as others have said, it is definitely NOT toasted. It clearly has flesh on it. Polyps even. This means it can still feed and photosynthesize so it's definitely not dead (yet). It is likely just stressed either due to improper (or just different from what it's used to) chemistry or lighting. The browned out portion may NEVER colour up, but once it gets established its new growth should have its original colour in it.

Here's a blue stag that I got last year. It was a beauitful blue when I brought it home. Then it completely browned out within a week. You can clearly see how nasty brown it was. Kinda like yours. But it wasn't dead. It was brown and didn't grow much for nearly 9 months. But it wasn't dead. Then finally it started to throw up new growth. As you can see here, it's new growth is a nice blue that was its original colour. It continues to grow new blue branches while its base remains brown.

Anyway, this is very common with all SPS in general.