Is this a normal look?

**wwest** · 07-12-2006, 08:12 PM

ok i have noticed this within the past week, i also havnt start to spotfeed yet. click the image for a very big close up shot to see better

sorry for the ones with dialup

fat walrus · 07-12-2006, 08:18 PM

normal. is there a concern?

**wwest** · 07-12-2006, 08:20 PM

no, i have just heard of bleeching and wasnt really sure what it looked like and my clown has been kinda anti anemones lately so i wasnt sure if maybe the clear white was a sign of underfeeding or maybe bleeching..

pham411 · 07-12-2006, 08:23 PM

if your bta was red to begin with then id say its not normal. bta can sometime lose color when stressed.

fat walrus · 07-12-2006, 08:27 PM

was it red?

**wwest** · 07-12-2006, 08:31 PM

no its has always been white just not that clear looking white. almost transparent

fat walrus · 07-12-2006, 08:34 PM

if it was white before, it seems like it is gaining color.

**wwest** · 07-12-2006, 08:40 PM

ok cool thanks.

gwen_o_lyn · 07-12-2006, 10:31 PM

what kind of lighting do u have?

**wwest** · 07-12-2006, 10:34 PM

65watt power compact, daylight 8hrs/actinic 10hrs and lunar the rest

JayBeDriften · 07-12-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by wwest

65watt power compact, daylight 8hrs/actinic 10hrs and lunar the rest

I would look into kicking the lighting up a noch. It wouldn't hurt since I see that your corals do look quite beautiful in the photograph within your signature. Also spot feeding is always welcomed by corals. I feed my corals cyclopeeze with a daily spot feeding. They love it.

**wwest** · 07-12-2006, 10:45 PM

buying a new light or upping the daylight time? my tank is only 16 inches high 65watt penatrate the sandbed very nicely..