Acro losing color on top?

[Saltar]

Is this due to the green star polyps growing near it aggravating it, polyps blocking light, or bleaching? All other corals doing great.

 

[elmafioso52988]

The green star polyps is killing it. I have had sps next to gsp with that same result. The sps ends up dying where ever the gsp touches it.

 

[Saltar]

How do you stop gsp growth.

 

[mbingha]

How do you stop gsp growth.

lol and there in-lies the problem with gsp. Only suggestion I would have is to cut it back. A razor through the mat should do the trick.

 

[tdb320reef]

Someone on here mentioned this the other day and I thought it was a good theory.

STN from the tips results in high AlK/CA where the nutrients in the tank are too low to produce enough flesh or keep what is there alive to cover the fast growing skeleton. At least that is how I understood it. Perhaps they could chime in.

Perhaps lower ALK if greater than 8 or raise nutrients n03.

 

[TheReefKeeper]

It's 100% the Star Polyps!

Alk would be a typical issue here but the pic is pretty clear from the angle it's taken the Alk is not the issue here.

Like mentioned above use a razor just make sure they don't blow around. Take a turkey baster and suck em up after cutting or your take will have em all over the place. You could use super glue to cover em or Kalk paste and slap it over em. Or mover the Acro and leave em be LOL.

 

[michaelis88]

The gsp! Just rip it out, gsp worth nothing but they can basically kill anything in ur tank!