Bleaching

[fishnugget]

Bought a purple chalice from Lsf. It bleached in 2 days. Lsf keeps all corals under blues like most do. I put this on the sand and it started bleaching within 2 days. Chemistry is perfect. Do I need to switch to all blues for a week each time I put a new coral in. Doesn’t that continually effect the other corals

[AlSimmons]

Did the color just turn from say black to white or are you seeing exposed skeleton? Do you have any ornamental shrimp in the tank?

[mcgyvr]

I have never needed to adjust lights for new corals..
Never had one bleach in such a short time either..May not be light related.

[fishnugget]

No shrimp. Half bleached white

[AlSimmons]

Well assuming your parameters are indeed "perfect" just find the coral some shade for awhile and hope for the best. You don't want to put it in a really dark spot, but you don't want direct lighting either. Sort of a happy medium between the two. If your not seeing any improvements within 7-10 days or so you might want to move it someplace else for awhile or look into coral dips such as Coral Rx, Revive etc.

On a side note; do you have any other corals nearby? I just had a Lobophyllia do a number on a Montipora setosa. It's white as can be where they touched.

[fishnugget]

No nothing near by. I put in a more shaded area. Hopefully it will revive. Had a coral dip for pests already. Bayer

[zip70]

No nothing near by. I put in a more shaded area. Hopefully it will revive. Had a coral dip for pests already. Bayer

any update ?

[ramseynb]

No nothing near by. I put in a more shaded area. Hopefully it will revive. Had a coral dip for pests already. Bayer

I thought bayer was more of an SPS dip? I've not used it to dip LPS or softies.