Help with acro/monti ident

[Ironman]

I bought these last week. Some bleaching occured but they are better. Is anyone able to identify them?
Thanks

 

[Snausages01]

Doesn't look like bleaching to me; it looks like tissue loss (STN/RTN) in picture 2 and 4, which is somewhat common in wild pieces. If it has stopped for now just keep an eye on it, but if it starts again you'd want to frag off those pieces. Frag them just below where the recession has stopped (make sure not to leave any dead parts, so frag off a little live tissue with it). You can also superglue around the dead/live tissue border, but usually you are better off fragging.

Some people may also say to dip, but I have never done so as fragging usually work for it. I'd think that in dipping you'd stress the coral more.

 

[Ironman]

Hey Chris,
I did get some STN on my new yellow tort. It was part of the corals that I bought at the same time. I waited to see if it would recover but ended up loosing 1/4 before I fragged it into 5 pieces. I used Loctite gel on the yellow tort frags on the areas you mentioned and they have recovered.
Here's a pic of one of the yellow tort frags.

Thanks
John

 

[Mike O'Brien]

Did you mount the frag in that epoxy, or get it like that ? Epoxy will do that to a frag sometimes because it heat's up as it cures. A good method is to put the epoxy on the rock and then superglue the frag to that once it cures.

 

[Ironman]

Mike,
I used some Loctite gel and applied a little just above the live tissue line, I let it dry a little then stuck it in the epoxy . The STN has stopped since I've fragged the yellow tort. The white you see in the picture is the Loctite glue that I applied. I hate the Marineland epoxy as I didn't have good success with it.

I'll try your method next time, thanks. I bought some Loctite Aqua epoxy at Low's today. It's a two part epoxy. Do you use this brand?

 

[Mike O'Brien]

Cool, I've had the superglue bandaid work for me too. I've only used the aquamedic epoxy, but mainly on rock's or with the glue as well. Good luck, you've got some nice corals there.

 

[Ironman]

Thanks Mike
Cheers,
John

 

[Shawnts106]

There seems to be alot of problems with SPS lately... RTN STN hum.......

wonder why?

 

[zoazoa]

If frags becom OK.. THink first colony has problem..

 

[Ironman]

Shawn,

What is the difference between RTN and STN?

Thanks,
John

 

[Mike O'Brien]

Rapid tissue necrosis and slow tissue necrosis. But both really just mean you just killed you're coral. Don't take offense, it happen's to the best of them.

 

[Ironman]

Any way to prevent this for the next time I purchase sps?

Thanks

 

[Shawnts106]

Mike O'Brien

What he said...

Any way to prevent this for the next time I purchase sps?

Not sure, I know both normally are caused from stress ... or lack of something... which causes stress... so... just dont stress out the corals... they have hard days too... haha

hum.. maybe someone that knows alitte more about this subject will chime in.

 

[Ironman]

Yeah but Shawn, the corals are stressing me out now. I'll have to go see if I'm shedding lol. Maybe I can blame my receding hairline on Rapid Tissue Necrosis haha.

Cheers

 

[thebicyclecafe]

2 looks like a porites. Very cool!

 

[Ironman]

Thanks thebicyclecafe, any idea on the remaining three?