Hole in my acan? Immediate replies please

[2ndThief]

What is this hole in one of my acan polyps? I'm concerned

 

[grisha]

i had a single micro polyp from shipping which came with the same thing. it never recovered.

 

[RokleM]

Looks like the tissue is receding on that one (and obviously you've lost a few already), sorry. Check all your parameters.

 

[2ndThief]

actually the lost polyps were already gone when I got the frag

 

[RokleM]

Not uncommon from shipping or poor fragging.

Is it new? Do the polyps swell and feed? Does any of the tissue appear "loose" on the rock?

 

[rpisces]

No problem if your water quality is good. Acans are very hardy.

I have a colony which is barren in the centre of the rock like a doughnut. The colony recovered to cover back the whole rock.

I also have a piece which I split into 2. One half starts to rot and lost a third of its polyps but have since recovered back.

 

[ghostman]

I wouldn't worry. Feed it a little to make sure it can recover. That side was obviously damaged before you got it, and now it is showing it. If there is continued recession, post parameters to see if something else could be wrong.

 

[2ndThief]

tahnks for all of your replies, I actually feed them about twice to three times a week and all of the polyps (including the two tiny ones that are starting to grow over the dead spots) extend their feeding tentacles and take in a decent amount of mysis shrimp. I've had it for at least a month and it has always swelled very healthily so it just caught me off guard.

 

[RokleM]

Yeah, it sounds like it's doing very well and this is just a fluke. Keep up the feedings, and I'd add a little cylopeeze to the dose as well.

 

[reefensis]

I had the same problem with my acan when I got it. It seems to be caused by undigested food in my opinion (It ingested the food for couple days but food was still inside rotten). I blasted the sick polyps with a turkey blaster and all food I fed was still inside. So I remove the sick polyp with a paring knife (not fragging) to prevent detritus accumulation. The colony is ok now.