What Kind of Pest Damage?
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Thorium
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I agree, does not look like a stress reaction, but something eating it. Does not look like STN or RTN. Just white bloches like the one in the pic. I did night time recon and could not see anything on the coral. Nor have I observed anything go near it during the day.
Heres a pic with flash.
Heres a pic with flash.
Thorium
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Hi guys
Thanks for all the replies so far. Well heres my thinking. The coral is blotchie in several spots, I dont see any red things anywhere on the coral after observing it for a very long time with a flashlite. I think there must be some kind of clear flatworm in there. I can either treat it with flatworm exit or interceptor I have both in stock right now. I think I will try the flat wrom exit first and see if theres any improvment. If not I will go to interceptor. Any other opinions would be appreciated as well.
Thanks for all the replies so far. Well heres my thinking. The coral is blotchie in several spots, I dont see any red things anywhere on the coral after observing it for a very long time with a flashlite. I think there must be some kind of clear flatworm in there. I can either treat it with flatworm exit or interceptor I have both in stock right now. I think I will try the flat wrom exit first and see if theres any improvment. If not I will go to interceptor. Any other opinions would be appreciated as well.
lunkerbunker
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thorium,
do you know of any specific wrasses that might eat aefw's?
do you know of any specific wrasses that might eat aefw's?
Thorium
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***Update***
Red bugs spoted on rock near coral, but not on it tonite. Since, I have not seen any flatworms although they still may be in the tank, I think I will initiate the interceptor response to this "problem." Once the interceptor treatments are complete I will re-evaluate the status of the coral and perhaps use flat worm exit as well. Thanks for all the responses.
Red bugs spoted on rock near coral, but not on it tonite. Since, I have not seen any flatworms although they still may be in the tank, I think I will initiate the interceptor response to this "problem." Once the interceptor treatments are complete I will re-evaluate the status of the coral and perhaps use flat worm exit as well. Thanks for all the responses.
AnAnemone
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Looks like a redbug irritation, especially since all the polyps are closed. I saw this white bleached pattern in a coral I recently got, but only after I blasted it with a MJ1200. Seems to have blown off the necrosing tissue, causing the white patch, which didn't show before the blasting.
Also looks like irritation from an acro crab, but don't they usually stick to a general area, making ID easy? The location of the problem in the pics suggests to me something is nesting there.
As to interceptor, I used it a year ago with success, but is the coral able to be removed from it's perch and blasted with a PH in seclusion? May save some trouble killing innocent byswimmers.
I'm still waiting to see how my blasting goes, after a week no bugs and it opened it's polyps that night and started colouring-up the next day, to my happy surprise.
HTH
TimO
Also looks like irritation from an acro crab, but don't they usually stick to a general area, making ID easy? The location of the problem in the pics suggests to me something is nesting there.
As to interceptor, I used it a year ago with success, but is the coral able to be removed from it's perch and blasted with a PH in seclusion? May save some trouble killing innocent byswimmers.
I'm still waiting to see how my blasting goes, after a week no bugs and it opened it's polyps that night and started colouring-up the next day, to my happy surprise.
HTH
TimO
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Thorium
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Thanks again for the replies, hopefully others might see the pics and be able to identify the pest if they ever have a coral that looks like mine and treat it. The white patch appeared overnight. That coral does not host any acro crabs and I really have never seen anything during the day pick at it. But, since I saw the red bugs last nite I am going to treat the whole tank, the coral could be removed but I dont want to risk not missing any bugs in the display. I am going to do the first treatment today.
