Is this cause for concern?

jonnybravo22

jonnybravo22

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What do you think is happening with this coral?



Parameters:
Alk 8.2 (range 8.2 - 9.0)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Have not tested Phos but running GFO for last 2 weeks; also have carbon in reactor
1.025 sg
55g system
skimmer overpowered for system (bk mini 160)
Long story short on the tank is that I have beren struggling with SPS, lost all my frags to STN except this one, which was the largest. Has not shown signs of STN. did encrust slightly on frag rack before I moved it to its own rock. I think an issue I've had generally is not enough LR so I'm separately cycling/curing some now to vastly increase my amount of LR.

Do you think this coral is having serious issues or is this something that might improve with otherwise good husbandry?
 
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On the suggestion above I fed my normal coral food (reef frenzy followed by oyster feast). The feeding response got pretty intense after a few minutes. Don't know if this means anything as far as the coral health, but sharing the pictures.





 
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Piper27 said:
Looks like signs of red bugs, I can't tell with my phone but the close ups look suspicious.
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Hmm, interesting. Thanks for the suggestion, what makes you say that?

I've had red bugs in a previous system so I know what they look like, I don't see any here. This coral seems to have some stubby feeding filaments, so in the last set of pictures that's what you see on the coral. They appeared in response to feeding and are gone now. Also as mentioned this coral has been through a bayer dip and no pests were found.

I had a hermit crab and out of an abundance of caution removed it a few days ago (could it be from the crab before removal?). I have no fish that peck at corals (just clownfish) and an anemone and snails.
 
No polyp extension, skin looks a little unhealthy or discolored and the growth form of the acro looks like it's been inhibited by something. Not saying I see any, the pic is hard to tell between what's what on my phone.
Bayer is a good dip but doesn't assure that red bugs won't get into the system does it?
 
tripdad said:
looks really starved, feed it. I'm assuming you checked for pests.
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By the way what makes you say it looks starved? It had a huge response to feeding, so I don't know if that means it was super hungry or what, but I'm curious what signs you saw that made you say that.


Piper27 said:
No polyp extension, skin looks a little unhealthy or discolored and the growth form of the acro looks like it's been inhibited by something. Not saying I see any, the pic is hard to tell between what's what on my phone.
Bayer is a good dip but doesn't assure that red bugs won't get into the system does it?
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Thanks.

I guess it helps that I know nothing else has been introduced into the system for about 5 months.

This is a reefgen titan acro, as far as I can tell the growth form is typical. Color seems slightly off and definitely doesn't have the PE it should; it had better PE when I first got it.
 
My main concern was in the first picture you can see some of the corallites appear white / lighter around the circular rim in the middle body and towards the bottom. Almost like it was sort of dissolving or something. But, I think, it's not quite that.
 
The flesh on a healthy acro has a look to it, kind of plump or filled out looking. When my acro's are in decline it looks like the flesh is pulled tightly over a skeleton and not filled out looking.
 
You have RB. Look at the last pic in post #4. On the left side, right under the polyp you can see one. In all three pics you can see them. You need to pull it out and do a Bayer dip, followed by QT.
 
Op have you used coral rx or Bayer advance on any of you coral?

I bought a frag from a lfs yesterday and the guy swore up and down that his coral were clean and that he had no bugs in his system. After 6 min. Of treatment I had about 10 bugs with 3 different species come off of it.......

I was actually going to just put it in..... gotta dip everything.
 
wonrib00 said:
You have RB. Look at the last pic in post #4. On the left side, right under the polyp you can see one. In all three pics you can see them. You need to pull it out and do a Bayer dip, followed by QT.
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Gotta treat the whole tank not just that acro. I thought I was seeing some too. Like he said he already did a Bayer dip, I don't believe it's a sure thing if you just use Bayer to dip for red bugs. Interceptor is what the OP needs.
 
wonrib00 said:
You have RB. Look at the last pic in post #4. On the left side, right under the polyp you can see one. In all three pics you can see them. You need to pull it out and do a Bayer dip, followed by QT.
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I think people are confusing the feeders, many of which are quite stubby on this coral, for red bugs. In particular bc the last few pics were taken under more purple t5 lighting.

I don't see red bugs in any of these pics, please feel free to circle the area in paint or something if you can. Haven't seen any on the frag either. I'll check the frag again though.
 
PaleHorse said:
Op have you used coral rx or Bayer advance on any of you coral?

I bought a frag from a lfs yesterday and the guy swore up and down that his coral were clean and that he had no bugs in his system. After 6 min. Of treatment I had about 10 bugs with 3 different species come off of it.......

I was actually going to just put it in..... gotta dip everything.
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Yes the frag was dipped in bayer treatment. No pests were found.
 
OP says this is the last frag, so if this is the last acro in the tank, while it is in QT, the problem will be solved.

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Looks like a RB to me.
 
nope, no red bugs in those pics. at that zoom, they would be very obvious. the white specs are bits of mesenterial filaments it's putting out in reaction to being annoyed by something.
 
Yes,the mesenterial filaments are stressed defensive response-not a feeding response-is the food your feeding it gone bad? could explain the reaction
 
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