New Acropora, white stringy stuff from a couple of tips

[nsr500rossi]

Hi, bought a Acropora colony on Saturday, don't know the proper name but it is fluro green.

Dipped it coral cleaner, which was a good thing as it house a hitchiker crab.

Placed it on the sand bed with a view to slowly moving it up to the surface over a week.

Today i placed it about 6 inches higher up, which takes it to 13 inches below my ati sunpower 6 x 39w unit.

Just before lights out tonight, i notice a couple of white stringy things coming out of 2 of the tips.

Now i had just been cleaning the sump, so a lot of detritus etc got blasted back into the tank.

Was wondering if it is reacting to the cloudy tank or it is getting too much light too soon, i really don't want to lose this colony, should i place it back on the sand for a while longer?

Some of the tips are not as bright as the rest of the branches, but nothing that looks like bleaching, looks like new growth, should they have a lighter area at the tips when it is growing

I am running a new zeovit tank, my params are

Phosphate 0.08
Nitrate 5.0
Mag 1320
Cal 420
Alk 7.2
Sg 35pt
PH7.80-8.10

Thanks

Mike

 

[PogoMonogo]

well, when a boy acro loves a girl acro, they give each other a special hug....

 

[sminker]

well, when a boy acro loves a girl acro, they give each other a special hug....

you should put that in your sig. that was funny.

 

[ryanrid]

stress from moving it

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

feeding response IMO...

 

[Madfronter]

Sounds like mesenterial filaments. Usually from a feeding response.

 

[polysynth]

+1 to feeding response.

My entire tank of sps release their tenticles when I feed my tank. It's actually a good think IMO.

 

[NeverlosT]

yeah, I have some that send their little filaments out a centimeter. They just want some good ol'feedin.

Id get a syringe with some baby brine/rotifers/phyto in there and give them a squirt!

 

[2reefs]

Do they look like this

Do they look like this

this is what mine is doing. I thought it was feeding response.

 

[nsr500rossi]

Yup, that's what it looks like, but only on two of the tips, i fed them some brightwells zooplanktos-s tonight, will see how that goes.

Thanks for the advice

 

[2reefs]

I think it is just a feeding response.