DBW,
Thanks. I kind of thought that I should frag that spot out. I guess that is
what I will do. Sort of sucks though, because it is in an area of the coral
that has 3 branches growing from it. The spot is in an area where all 3 of
these branches split, so I will loose all 3 of them. Oh well, better that
then the entire coral. I may try to frag the 3 and see if they grow.
The color of the fading corals is just a general fading to a lighter color.
They just don't seem to be holding the overall color from when I put them in
the tank. The whole frag seems to lighten. It seems to be mainly with the
green corals (green acro and hydnophora). They arent turning to a brown, but
more just lightening in color. It is not the tips either, which, from what I
have read, is growth. This, as I mentioned, seems to be the entire frag. How
much light can the green acros and hydnophoras take, or I should say, how
high of a light level do they like? Right now, they are in the brightest
spot of the tank. Thoughts? Need any more info?
Also, you mentioned plating out (encrusting) of the frags. They all did this
pretty quickly, but now seem to have stopped. All, except the green acro and
the hydnophora. They have not really plated out at all. The hydnophora seems
to extend its polyps nicely, but as mentioned, is loosing color and is not
growing. The green acro is not extending polyps, nor is it plating, but it
is loosing color.
Any thoughts???
TIA
Shane C.
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From: DBW [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help with SPS
Shane,
>2. Is the spot possibly a fungal or bacterial infection? If
not, does
>anyone know what the hell it is?
Could be bacterial, but I would have to be able to see it to say
much more.
Could be due to something feeding on it, or an injury that has
gotten
infected and is slowly moving outwards.
>3. How do I get rid of the spot? Medications? Fresh water dip?
Best way to handle it would be to frag out the problem area. Iodine
baths
in tank water with added iodine may help if it is bacterial.
>4. Acro - any thoughts on why this may be loosing color? Too
much
>light? I thought that the fluorescent green acros loved a lot of
light.
Can be a wide variety of reasons. Things that will effect the
colour of
the colony are alkalinity, prey availability, lighting and stress.
Exactly what is the colour loss like? Fading of the green
colouring?
Overall fading of colour, both the green and brown? Turning more
brown? etc.
>5. Any thoughts on the genreral lack of growth? I mean, there
is hardly
>any noticeable growth on these corals from month to month. I have
frags that
>are about 3 - 4 months old, and have not grown much at all.
Not sure what the colonies are like, but Acropora will not start to
branch
and grow much without a sufficient encrusted portion. Once a
species
reaches a certain amount of encrusting on the rock then they take
off like
made branching etc. if that is how that species grows.
Are the tips pale compared to the rest of the colony? Or a
different
colour anyway?
Catch ya,
DBW | The Caretaker, OZ REEF Marine Park
Melbourne | http://ozreef.org/
Australia | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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