Thanks. I will have to pick some of that up. Dont know anyplace that carries
it around here, but will check into it. I have no idea what species it is. I
know, bad aquarist. I got it as a frag from another guys tank, and he did
not know. I have not identified it either.
I now have it in high light, with a blast of current every 15-20 seconds
coming from my sea swirl. It is pretty much the same conditions it was in
before I moved it. It seemed really happy there, so hopefully this little
move will re-invigorate it. Would it do it any good to keep the spots clean
with a light brushing every day or two with a toothbrush or should I just
leave it alone and cross my fingers? The tips are still opening, which is a
good sign. Its just that the whole thing does not get that fuzzy look like
it used to. I bet it was that stinking caluerpa. I hate that shit, and have
been battling it for over a year.
Thanks again,
Shane
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Akard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Help with my SPS
>
> hi shane.
> what type of acro is it?? that will help us to help you.
> some species will recover easily and others are a lost cause.
> if its montipora then I dont think you could kill it if you tried.
> I would however go out and get some tech-d from kent, its a sps dip and
> does
> very well for treating injured sps, it kills bacteria and such.
> the caulerpa can definetly damage sps, as I have had that happen b4. get
> it
> into a med to high current so it can slime away and nasty stuff and just
> wait it out man. if your cal, and dkh are high and the water clean it will
> bounce back very fast.
> I had a frag of damicornus fall into my anenomie a few weeks back, I did
> the
> dip and waited and it recovered nicely. the area that got hit didnt grow
> back but the areas around it healed up nicely. and as soon as it grows out
> a
> bit ill breack off the piece that got nuked.
> hth
> dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 3:22 PM
> Subject: Help with my SPS
>
>
> > Please! I have an awesome purple acro frag that is about a year old. It
> > started out as a purple tipped frag, but since it has been in my tank,
> the
> > entire thing has turned into a beautiful deep purple. It has grow
> probably
> > .25 to .50 inches over the last year. It is one of my nicest pieces.
> Well
> a
> > couple of days ago, I noticed that the acro was not opening like it
> usually
> > does. Seemed kinda pissed. This weekend, I decided to do a bit of
> > re-arranging and see if I could get the coral out front and center (was
> sort
> > of close to other corals, and beginning to be surrounded by caluerpa,
> which
> > by the way can not be stopped). After doing so, I noticed that it did
> not
> > help and that the coral still was not opening. I then picked it up (kept
> in
> > the tank) for closer inspection and noticed that the coral has some
> small
> > white spots on various areas and branches on the coral. Tissue had
> > "dissolved" and the spots were almost looking like they had a bit of
> decay
> > going on. I used my fingernail and scraped them clean and placed the
> coral
> > back in its spot. I checked out the spot it was in before I moved it and
> did
> > not notice any "predators" like aptasia or other corals. Only caluerpa.
> I
> > wonder if the caluerpa was trying to root into those areas of the
> coral??
> > Who knows.
> >
> > Any ways, my question is, what can I do to help this piece at this
> point?
> > The spots are too numerous (and the frag is too small) to frag this
> piece
> > off. I would really rather try and save the entire piece. Does anyone
> have
> > any idea what this may be and what I can do to help this coral?
> >
> > TIA
> > Shane C
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