Bleaching usually means too much light. Some montis like a lot, others not so much. What ones did you get?
+1. In my experience monti bleaching can be caused by transfer to a much higher alkalinity/alk spike, too intense light, and/or low potassium. I would let bleached montis recover at the bottom of your tank in high flow and make sure your trace element levels are good. You can also feed them reef roids if the polyps are out since they are probably not getting much nutrition from lack of zooxanthellae.Bleaching usually means too much light. Some montis like a lot, others not so much. What ones did you get?
Lighting - Acclimate low and bring them higher over time.
What did you dip them in?
What percentage on the whites? I would say you are pushing it with the blues set at 100 as well. With that much intensity I doubt you'll get much to Be happy up top right away. Definitely need to acclimate over time. Or lower the intensity, which is what I would do. Lights will last longer that way as well.Thanks for all the tips!!
I run whites 8 hours a day and all the others minus green and red light at 100% for 10 hours. Everything has been growing crazy fast.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Also, you are going to need to manage alkalinity one way or another. Water changes alone ain't gonna cut it. Manual dosing, dosing pump, Karl, calcium reactor. Pick one and start asap.
Hmmm. Only reason I put my lights high in the first place was cause a really high end grower said to have them this strong. Is that true stronger lights can =better color and more growth?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk