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11-20-2003, 04:05 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Cornwall, England
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how can you tell if acros are happy?
how can you tell if acros are happy?
hiya yah i am thinking of putting some acros into my tank but i have been wondering how you can tell if they are okay in there, as its easy with soft corals as they shrivel up or the polyps go away, but is this the same with acros?
if so could someone please show me a picture of this, and are all acros the same in this way?
thanx andrew
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11-20-2003, 04:15 PM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Middleburg, VA
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When they are smiling! 
Well, I guess if they grow and aren't bleaching than they're doing okay!?
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11-20-2003, 04:22 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Cornwall, England
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so when you say bleaching thats turning white right, so does this happen quickly in tanks or over a long time, and does it start from the tips or the base?
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11-20-2003, 04:26 PM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
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I'm not sure where it starts, but it can happen quite suddenly, yeah, it means turning white. It turns white when they expel their zooxanthella, which you may or may not know what they are. It will usually only happen in very bad water conditions, so it shouldn't be a problem!
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
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Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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11-20-2003, 04:29 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Cornwall, England
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do they have polyps?
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11-20-2003, 04:29 PM
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Master of Perplexity
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Panama City Beach FL
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If the polyps are extended, I assume they are happy, though if I leave the light on for 48 hours continuously and they turn white, then they are not happy, even if the polyps are extended.
If the tissue sloughs off and they turn skeleton white they are not happy; if they are all colorful and growing like weeds, they are happy.
I bought a beautiful tabletop, mostly light colored with electric blue tips. Happy? Two weeks later it's brown with only a hint of blue on the tips. Not happy?
As you can see, it's sometimes black and white, sometimes shades of grey. There's probably some radioimmunoassay test on a particular "happiness" protein that'd be really useful.
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11-20-2003, 04:31 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Loganville Ga.
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Quote:
Originally posted by pomme
do they have polyps?
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Yes they do small ones.
You should ask RickO he is Acro-Man blue cape and all..
He works alot with Acro's
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11-20-2003, 04:32 PM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Yep, they've got polyps, but their tiny tiny!
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
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Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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11-20-2003, 04:37 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Cornwall, England
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so how long should the coral be in the tank before the polyps come out, a bit of a stupid question, but how long would you leave it before you got worried?
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11-20-2003, 04:39 PM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Hmmm.... I have no clue! Truthfully I don't even have any sps now! Still lookin!
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
-favorite TRT quote
Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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11-20-2003, 04:42 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Loganville Ga.
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I have a few Acro's and they can get mad....
Look at night with a flash light, Some times when they are mad they still come out at night. But ussally with in a few days they get over it and come out..
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11-20-2003, 04:43 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Loganville Ga.
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This guy did not come out for the first 5 days.
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11-20-2003, 04:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Cornwall, England
Posts: 354
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cool ill have a llok at night.
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11-20-2003, 06:58 PM
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Sumpless and Proud
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Rochester, MN
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What kind of acro is that? I have on that looks identical that was sold to me as an "Acropora"---can you imagine? Anyway, I'd be interested to know what kind I have.
Thanks,
Jodi
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11-20-2003, 07:01 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Loganville Ga.
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Quote:
Originally posted by StellaMN
What kind of acro is that? I have on that looks identical that was sold to me as an "Acropora"---can you imagine? Anyway, I'd be interested to know what kind I have.
Thanks,
Jodi
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I was told it is a Blue Stag Acropora 
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