luther1200
Premium Member
Hi, I have been having some problems with my SPS lately. While I did have a nutrient problem, I was wondering if it could also be an infection. I did notice a brown "puss like" substance on 1 of my LPS. I sucked it off with a turkey baster and it looked damaged. But it healed in a week or 2. I was thinking maybe my SPS are also being affected, and are just not hardy enough to fight it off like the LPS.
The other reason I think this (besides it affecting not just SPS) is that my PO4, and NO3 levels are now within acceptable range and I noticed a small white spot on 1 of my miilapora's today. It has all its polyps way out, except on the bottom where there is a small white spot. It started from a dead area that has been dead for a few months after some mushrooms got to close to it. But it had healed and started to grow over. Until I looked today and its starting to get bigger.
Could it still be showing negative affects from the recent poor water quality, even though its O.K. now? Or is it maybe a bacterial infection? The other reason I am suspicious is that through out the poor water quality this particular coral continued to thrive, and actually grew quite a bit.
The other reason I think this (besides it affecting not just SPS) is that my PO4, and NO3 levels are now within acceptable range and I noticed a small white spot on 1 of my miilapora's today. It has all its polyps way out, except on the bottom where there is a small white spot. It started from a dead area that has been dead for a few months after some mushrooms got to close to it. But it had healed and started to grow over. Until I looked today and its starting to get bigger.
Could it still be showing negative affects from the recent poor water quality, even though its O.K. now? Or is it maybe a bacterial infection? The other reason I am suspicious is that through out the poor water quality this particular coral continued to thrive, and actually grew quite a bit.