Fraaged Acropora expelling zooxanthellae

[nsr500rossi]

Hi

I just cut a shaded branch of acrorora from the colony, i did not cut the coral itself, just the rock it was attached to.

I kept the colony in a tub of tank water, used gloves and a dremel with diamond wheel to cut through the stone.

The colony was out of the water for a maximum of 2 minutes

The colony is now back in the tank but seems to be expelling it's zooxanthellae.

Lot's of white stringy stuff from the tips.

What did i do wrong, do you think it will survive.

The tank lights are off now, they were on for 10 mins before regular nigh time turn off.

This is my first fragging experience.

The colony has only been in my tank for a weekm and seemed to be doing fine.

 

[tibob32]

sounds like it's sliming, not expelling zoo

 

[nsr500rossi]

Looking at in the dark now (just side lights on in the room) the tips look white, can't remember if they were white before, don't think so.

The stingy stuff was definitely coming from the tips of the coral and not all over.

Also, do you think i should place the piece that i fragged (that was shaded) on the sand bed, to slowly get it used to the light?

Thanks

 

[tibob32]

if it was shaded, definitely. As for the bleaching, I suggest you take some pics tomorrow morning and show us.