Candy cane

[Scotty09]

Have had my candy cane for a year but half the heads look deflated and got rips the over half fine should I be worried

 

[Scotty09]

Any help would be good I love this coral

 

[mr_X]

what are your parameters?

 

[Scotty09]

They are all fine apart from mag I'm raising it from 1200 to around 1350 and my ph dropped from 8.2 to 7.8 but this happens a few times no problems

 

[Scotty09]

I think it's my lighting coz the heads on top dieing off but the shaded ones Are fine could this be the issue

 

[mr_X]

how long have they been under that lighting? did you move them up recently? ph swings can certainly effect corals.

 

[Scotty09]

They been under bout 2 weeks but I did 1 hr full lights up it by 30 mins every day till I got to 6 hrs

 

[mr_X]

that's probably the problem then. i always use the analogy that if you stare at the sun for an hour, or 8 hours, your still blind.
i would put something in between the lighting and the coral for a while. something to cut down the light a little. some mesh or window screen would be good.

 

[Scotty09]

I was gonna try lower under a power headroom block some light

 

[mr_X]

that may work. damage has been done however. you might lose some of it.

 

[Scotty09]

It was far worse when I got it from a friend looked dead but I put it in my tank and 2 months later it come back this time it barley any damage really so I'm sure I can save

 

[Scotty09]

Lost my candy cane died bloody pissed off dunno what went wrong

 

[Scotty09]

I saved one head out of 50 lol least it still alive