My cats paw is white????

[lilrodyreefer]

So made the switch from the 29g cube to the 75g beast. All my corals switched over fine. No problems at all....except my cats paw went from a lovely pink and purple to stark white. So my question is if a coral bleached out the polyps would die of as well?
I don't get it. It's the only problem that I have had since the switch. Any help would be awesome.

 

[GobyWanKenobie]

Try a few target feedings, and it will color up again. As long as the polyps are extended you have a chance of saving it. I've had my leathers and cabbages bleach in the past while on vacation, and they recovered within a couple of weeks.

 

[lilrodyreefer]

Ok I will try that and keep the post updated. Thanks for the help!

 

[inverted]

Definitely, a lot of corals can survive bleaching. Food can sustain some corals alone when bleached. Also, it helps to keep it in a lower light area, with good flow and move it back slowly as the color comes back.

 

[wrassefan]

as long as there is flesh (which yours has), it will prob be fine...just got real stressed

 

[jt628]

Another Suggestion would be to Shade it, I had an Acro bleach out the same way, I added 3x the dosage of iodide and shaded it for a week and it came right back.

 

[jamesdong009]

Another Suggestion would be to Shade it, I had an Acro bleach out the same way, I added 3x the dosage of iodide and shaded it for a week and it came right back.

I wouldn't add iodine unless I tested for it and our hobbyist test kits aren't the most accurate for iodine.