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Bleaching can happen for a few reasons. How's your alkalinity and calcium? Acropora are super sensitive to swings. Also, what's your temp stability like? Even small fluctuations can stress them out. I'd check those first before messing with anything else.


Yep, vortex nailed it. Alk swings are a ...

The purple and green corals appear to be Acanthastrea Lordhowensis, commonly referred to as "Acan Lords".

The orange ones seem to resemble Acanthastrea Bowerbanki, also known as "Acan Bowerbanki", or possibly Lobophyllia hemprichii, often called "lobo coral" or "Brain coral".


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The purple and green corals appear to be Acanthastrea Lordhowensis, commonly referred to as "Acan Lords".

The orange ones seem to resemble Acanthastrea Bowerbanki, also known as "Acan Bowerbanki", or possibly Lobophyllia hemprichii, often called "lobo coral" or "Brain coral".


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Hey RC, long time no post but I need your expertise now. I'm thinking of rescuing an elegance coral from a fellow reefer's tank that's getting too small for it. The issue is, it scratched itself on the rocks when it extended and then those hermit crabs went to town on the wound. I've got pics from ...