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DriftRtist

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I’m not totally sure but I think one of my sps has STN. I checked my water on my friends test kits and all the readings are normal. I couldn’t test alk and calcium because he didn’t have them. I really didn’t notice it at first because the small section that was experiencing stn was facing away from me. I’ve had this piece for 4 to 5 days now and it hasn’t really shown signs of polyp extension. I’m not sure, but could it be doing this because it was experiencing too much flow? Up until yesterday it was about 2 to 3 inches below a Vortech. My other two acros are doing fine so im kind of confused here.
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That crab leg is an acro crab i think. the crabs smooth not hairy

So what do I do now? Never had this happen before.

Thanks for the help
 
any time i've had any issues with tissue necrosis, it's been an issue with high or low ALK levels. buy a decent test kit and check your alk.
 
Ill try and get a good look at the crab. Not sure about the eyes its hard to see. He keeps running away when i use the flash light.

Ill get that alk test tommrow.
 
well, to be quite honest, I dont see any STN on it per say.....

however, The acro you chose for a newbie isnt the best NEW ACRO to get...

its Acropora Valida aka Tricolor acro.... and they are always the first ones to brown out if something doesnt go their way...
 
yah i need to get that alk and calcium test. My friend and I bought the rest but not alk and calcium.....noob mistake...now I know.

Shawnts, isnt that white part STN? Crap, another noob mistake buying this acro. Its all going down hill from here.
 
what lighting do you have? without realy high lighting, such a bushy piece like that could easily shade itself. or without a lot of switching flow, it could be just stopping it all before it reaches the center as you will often see in birdnests. how long has this been occuring?
 
Shawnts, isnt that white part STN? Crap, another noob mistake buying this acro. Its all going down hill from here.
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If you are referring to the white in the middle of the colony, yes it is possibly STN or RTN...

When did you get it? How long have you had it? what are EXACLTLY your tank specs, Nitrates? Phosphates? pH? Ca? Alk?

test kits used?

water temp?
Salinity, and instrument used?

Skimmer?

Water movement?

Lighting?

there are alot of factors to consider and watch when dealing with SPS corals like acropora...

I know it may seem overwelbing right now, but its really not, just in the begining... stick with it if you want a beautiful thriving SPS reef... youll enjoy it! acros are alot of fun.
 
I’ve had this piece for 5 days now. I just found out about the RTN/STN yesterday. Not sure how long this has been occurring for. Had the piece in high lighting and high flow but moved it thinking it was getting too much flow.

135G running about month and half

Nitrate â€"œ 0

Phosphates â€"œ 0

SG â€"œ 1.025

CA and ALK I don’t have these tests. I’m going to buy the test tomorrow and check up on it. But last time I check it (3 weeks ago) 420 CA, never ever checked alk & mg before.

Water temp â€"œ 79 to 81

Skimmer â€"œ ASM G4x

Water movement â€"œ 2 vortech running all the time ( I don’t have a wave maker so I doubt I have random flow)

Lighting â€"œ 2 250W HQI with14K Phoenix DE

Man I hope I can keep this piece alive.
 
i would say A. ceralis (over valida) ...not the easiest to keep

there notorious for browing out and take some time to/if color back up

charlie
 
i wouldnt say that ....see if you cant find a larry jackson purple tipped monster or A. nana...they grow like weeds!

wouldnt really even consider that one(ceralis) a tri-color really it sould be solid purple with green coralites and polyps

charlie
 
Oh ok, yah when I bought the acro, the shop had just got it in from the airport so most of the color was gone. I thought I could bring it back to full color but i guess not.
 
its possiable to get it to color back up but it may take some time

i have just always passed on that species when i see them at the LFS

charlie
 
Your tank may be too new at 1 1/2 months. It should be run through its cycles, usually it takes months. And this can only be found out with test kits. Maybe it is skin pushed off with too much flow in one direction. Most likely though as stated before, its probably shaded by the branches. But if anything is off, water quality wise, thats probably whats happening. Definetly get the test kits.
 
i would say A. ceralis (over valida)
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Well, now that you mention it, it does look a bit odd for valida...


anyway!...
Yes, your tank is MUCH to young to be putting acros in it...
Skimmer is good!
Lighting is good!

what testkits are you useing to check your Nitrates and Phosphates?


its possiable to get it to color back up but it may take some time
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Absolutly... which stability of the tank, high lighting, very clean water and good Ca/Alk balance yours will color back up in a couple of months or so...

I got a Valida frag from my Work, it was brown due to excess nutrients in our young frag tank.. anyway, took it home and put in up top but it was shaded slightly by my HUGE orange Monti Capric....

I decided to move it one day to another location, higher, with better water movement.. and in about a week I already am seeing green polyps... which is a good sign, considering a week before they were paperbag brown.!


Time/stability/water quality/lighting those are the most important things about SPS corals. ( not in any specific order )
 
Before I started the tank I had live rock that was cooking for a year. Me being a noob at the time, used all the test kits on the rocks. I used to test about 3 times a week to see how things were going...(that was totally useless but I didn’t know better) Well anyways, when I started the tank I tested day after day for about 1 week and nothing showed up on the tests. So basically I think my tank cycled in one day/night...I guess. I have 2 other acros in the tank and they are doing well (they must be noob friendly acros). On top of all this I started using Zeovit 1 week after the tank was setup so I should be at low nutrients.

Shawnts, I used to use the generic test kit with a picture of a fish in doctors clothing. Is it still too soon to be putting acros in?

The stn/rtn spot on my acro doesn’t seem like its spreading, if it is it’s spreading really slowly. Is this normal for stn/rtn? (thought rtn killed acros in 24 hours or something like that)

Off to get some salifert test kits. One more thing when should I start fraging this piece? Should I wait a few more days and take a chance or should I just start fraging now a pray for the best?

Thanks for all the help guys
 
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