White Prata

[flying carpet]

Hi all, just out of curiousity would like to ask you guys abt this. Recently just bought a white prata. Was happy with it till today it strike me, is there really such a thing as a white prata? Cause if I look at it closely I can see some luminous colour on it. So can you guys get me out of this curiousity box.

Kindly advise.

Regards

[Alvin Tan]

actually...it has been already bleach in the sea...

[yiling]

white pratas are normall bleach / not healthy

but i agree they look nice under artinic eh ?

[Achilles Tang]

You bought a bleached specimen.

Suggested course of action: Feed the bleached 'prata' once every two days to keep it alive until the zooxanthellae grows back (it gives all corals the greenish or brownish colouration) and it can then photosynthesize enough food from light.

Suggested food: krill, silversides, shrimp, squid, cyclopeze chunks.

[liverpool]

do u have the pic of bleach white prata?

[flying carpet]

Sorry guy no digi cam. But thanks for the advice though. Now I feel like I have save it from further torture.

Thanks for the feedback and info on how to make it recover. Will try to get a digi cam and post it's recovery stage.

[SBS_Transit]

This is my white(bleached) RBTA anemone

[marinefreak]

Err.. Sorry for this newbie question, but what does bleached corals mean?

What cuases bleaching?

[slcw]

If my doughnut had various colors now under MH is brown but under actinics there is some green stripes. will it be red again?

[koniyakutz]

How long does it usually take a bleached prata to colour up again?

[flying carpet]

Calling all coral expert pls kindly advise us. Looks like it is not only me who is curious on this topic. Besides lighting is there anything else?

Kindly advise & Regards

[shoelevy]

bleach coral means coral losing colours because its dumping its zooxanthallae

general causes:

1)wrong lighting - too much or too little

2)warm water - higher than 29

3)lousy water parameter.

some causes i experienced:

4)forget to feed coral for long period of time

lots of info on corals bleaching not just in SRC but other forums and in websites that deal with conservation of coral reefs

[Alvin Tan]

prata shld be relatively easy..just ensure that water temp is not above 28degrees...

lighting must also be sufficient..HO T5s shld be sufficient for the coral to gain back its colour..my $0.02..

[AquaRa]

If my doughnut had various colors now under MH is brown but under actinics there is some green stripes. will it be red again?

what the hell are doughnuts?

[flying carpet]

I think he's refering to his prata which looks like a doughnuts.

[Alvin Tan]

hahaha...doughnuts from breadtalk..hahaha...jkjk..

[loster]

bleach coral means coral losing colours because its dumping its zooxanthallae

general causes:

1)wrong lighting - too much or too little

2)warm water - higher than 29

3)lousy water parameter.

some causes i experienced:

4)forget to feed coral for long period of time

lots of info on corals bleaching not just in SRC but other forums and in websites that deal with conservation of coral reefs

my coral bleached becasue of the temp and lighting. some coral needs less light and some needs more light. so, you got to know what lighting it require. now it gains back it colour after i made sure the temp will not go beyond 28.5 and its placement

another thing is i never feed any of my corals (lps) and they grow well (much bigger - headache )

just share my personal experience

[flying carpet]

This is the fella. Before it was totally white. I'm doing what AT said. Now can see a bit brown and luminous.

[shoelevy]

This is the fella. Before it was totally white. I'm doing what AT said. Now can see a bit brown and luminous.

just curious,

how much did u pay for that specimen

[flying carpet]

Well. I paid $35 bucks for it.

[chrisyew]

This is the fella. Before it was totally white. I'm doing what AT said. Now can see a bit brown and luminous.

I think I saw some very white and beautiful ones at the shop at Jalan Kayu few days ago. I must admit that it's really beautiful and I'm really not sure if it's bleached. Maybe those who are experienced can take a look over there and see if it's really white prata.

[rockfish]

Additives are very important as well ... i used to not put any additives .. ended up all the colours on the corals disappeared ..

[shoelevy]

Additives are very important as well ... i used to not put any additives .. ended up all the colours on the corals disappeared ..

hey bro

what additives did u add to get your coral's colours up?

[rockfish]

Iodine! ... for the coral to colour up again .. btu other additive like strotium for growth, calcium for bone building.. trace .. and magnisium .. all important ..

[Alvin Tan]

I think I saw some very white and beautiful ones at the shop at Jalan Kayu few days ago. I must admit that it's really beautiful and I'm really not sure if it's bleached. Maybe those who are experienced can take a look over there and see if it's really white prata.

actually..maybe the LFS did not bleach it..but the prata was bleached in the sea..tts y it is nice and they decided to sell it...my 2 cents..