Whats up with my chalice?

[nivram]

Can anyone give me any ideas what might be wrong with my chalice? Too much light? Not enough? Its the only one not doing to hot.

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[amore169]

What's ur water parameters?
Ca
Alk
Mg

[nivram]

My last test results from the 20th. I've slacked off a bit lately.

Alkalinity 8.0
Calcium 450.0
Magnesium 1260.0

[reefgems]

what color was it initially? what is your lighting?

[nivram]

It was a red and blue color. The person I bought it from no longer has their colony. He told me he lost it. I know he kept his corals under LEDs. I have it partially under a overhang in the lower 1/3 of the tank. I run a single 250w mh with a 20k Ushio bulb. My tank is about 18 or 20 inches deep.

[kev apsley]

looks to be either bleached or a parameter swing got it

[nivram]

looks to be either bleached or a parameter swing got it

Thanks. I'll try to shade it more and feed it.

[captstinky]

Temp of the tank has been stable?

[apshooter]

Thanks. I'll try to shade it more and feed it.

Will it still feed?

[nivram]

I've gotten some PMs about this post so I will update. I initially moved it to my frag rack. But it continued to lose what little color it had left in its tissue. I just recently moved it to the sand bed where its shaded even more. The tissue has gotten puffier (is that a word?) since my first post. I see feeder tentacles every now and then. But between my 2 cleaner shrimp and 6 line wrasse its hard to keep food in its mouth. I may cut a Gatorade bottle top and place over it.

And my temp stays about 75/76 and raises to 78 when my MH is on.

[Reeferland]

usually I would put under the shade and let it sit there. no feeding and it seem to get better and most of time I was able to get the color back.

[mscarpena]

Too much light. You have to be careful with chalices. I have burned a few myself.

[roblack]

Get rid of those cleaner shrimp, no good for lps if you want to feed.

[PapaKlix]

Get rid of those cleaner shrimp, no good for lps if you want to feed.

+1 - got rid of mine and my chalices/acans thank me for it

[kev apsley]

Cleaner Shrimp= Rhinopias food

[woofu]

update? did it die or did the color come back