Maze coral fading

deputydawg88 · 05/05/2018, 05:37 AM

Hi All

I bought a maze coral approximately 2 weeks ago and the greens seem to be fading. What can I do to prevent this or turn it around? I have tried to target feed about an hour after lights out but I'm struggling to find a balance between ensuring the coral gets plenty of food and keeping nitrates down. What more can I do?

themagicman · 05/05/2018, 10:23 AM

Find it some shade perhaps? IME these corals don't really need a lot of light.

ABzReef · 05/29/2018, 02:26 AM

How are you water parameters?

deputydawg88 · 06/06/2018, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ABzReef

How are you water parameters?

Everything is fine, I haven't tested yet this week but the coral isn't showing any signs of bleaching and the fading greens seems to have slowed/stopped, though some with just a small green disc. Unless of course this is bleaching? The rest of the purpleish-brown is fine and if anything more intense.

05/05/2018, 05:37 AM	#1
deputydawg88 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 141	Maze coral fading Hi All I bought a maze coral approximately 2 weeks ago and the greens seem to be fading. What can I do to prevent this or turn it around? I have tried to target feed about an hour after lights out but I'm struggling to find a balance between ensuring the coral gets plenty of food and keeping nitrates down. What more can I do?

05/05/2018, 10:23 AM	#2
themagicman Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: California Posts: 126	Find it some shade perhaps? IME these corals don't really need a lot of light. __________________ "Abracadabra Holmes."

05/29/2018, 02:26 AM	#3
ABzReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 51	How are you water parameters?