Fading Acro....

[jazzsam]

I have a relitivly new Acro in my tank that has started to fade bad. Should I put that higher in my tank or lower? I figured that meant it was too much light so I moved it lower. The tank I bought it out of it was sitting at the bottom. What does everyone else think?

 

[eholceker]

could be a normal response. Is it fading at the tips? from the bottom up? what do you mean by fading? washed out colors? complete bleaching?

 

[jazzsam]

It looks like complete bleaching starting at the tips and working its way down. It actually looks like the living tissue is coming off of it.

 

[pnoyreefer]

Put it on the lower light.. If its new the its probably stress out. If it continues the clip the bleaching part. I have one Acro before that does the same thing and I clipped the top part and now it looks healthy as ever...


steve

 

[eholceker]

i agree. sounds like the tips are burning.

 

[concept3]

burnt tips can also mean higher than normal alkalinity than what it was originally used to. light also does play a factor, but it will slightly bleach out first, you will still see some kind of polyp extension. keep us updated if lower light helped and check that alk.