Could me new lights do this PHOTOS

[Tc269]

I just put my new lights on my tank. I was running 150w 14k phoniex, but just upgraded to 250w w/lumenmax elite. I mounted the 250w about 4x's higher than the 150's were. 150s 4 inches above tank new 250w 11 1/2 inches. I just noticed these two spots come up on my my cap. But I only have had the new lights running for about 2 and a half hours. I guess they might of been there before but than what does it look like???? Thanks

 

[Tc269]

I noticed there are about 6 of these spots on my monti cap and 3 on a green cap I have aross the tank.

 

[Tc269]

they appear to go to the skeleton

 

[Oldude]

Although likely unrelated to your present issue that cap looks to be dangerously close to that hydnophora.

 

[Tc269]

yes it is thats why its not perfectly round and comes to a little square I had to take out of the side.

 

[reeftard73]

I had a hynophora once, and was shocked when I checked it out in the middle of the night and saw sweepers like 12" away form the coral. Wicked nasty coral!

 

[Tc269]

mine has not put out sweeper tenticles,only seem those once when polyps grew right up to it than it spread the tenicles all over the polyps. But off track I wanna know what is causing these spots on my cap and no its not the hynophora

 

[Rick55555]

In my opinion the hydnophora is too close to the montipora. If it were me I would relocate one or frag one of the colonies. I think it's possible that the hydnophora stung the montipora, leaving the skeleton exposed...


Rick

 

[Tc269]

but also my green cap on the other side of the tank with no other coral's around it is doing the same thing??

 

[mantaray1201]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14128549#post14128549 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Oldude
Although likely unrelated to your present issue that cap looks to be dangerously close to that hydnophora.

My thoughts exactly....

 

[trueblackpercula]

salt creap????????????

 

[Tc269]

trueblackpercula explaination please??

 

[reeftard73]

Back to off-topic...

Sorry about the hydnophora statement earlier. It was a galaxia that had tsweepers that long. The hydnophora just whacked every acro frag I had that my snails knocked on to it. Needless to say, it went bye-bye really fast.

 

[stunreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14132043#post14132043 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tc269
trueblackpercula explaination please??

If saltcreep falls into your tank and onto a coral it can burn their tissue.

 

[Tc269]

guessing thats it than, cause I was pulling off my lights and moving stuff around and there were salt creeps on my lights and holder.