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12-04-2006, 06:45 PM
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To boldy reef ...
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SPS Bleaching
I came home from work today to find that my new acropora colony was starting to bleach at the base and one single branch in the center. I bought it online from live aquaria, and it has been acclimated an in the tank for almost two weeks now. What would make it bleach this much overnight.
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They have two settings .... stun and kill ... It'd be best not to confuse them!
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12-04-2006, 06:58 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Why? I couldn't tell you, but I do know that it's not too uncommen for wild cought colonies to just go if there mad about something. Wild corals also tend to be far more picky, and tempermental then captive rased frags.
I would frag a healthy peice far away from the damaged areas just in case, I usualy do this with any wild cought colony I get.
Corals also tend to grow to the flow, and we can't produce nearly the flow that the ocean can, this might be part of the reason that wild colonies don't do as well.
HTH,
Whiskey
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12-04-2006, 09:09 PM
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It really could be anything or combination of many things.
Did you start running phosphate media by chance?
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12-04-2006, 09:28 PM
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what kind of flow is on the coral?
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12-04-2006, 09:35 PM
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Shark
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once they start bleaching will it ever color back up or is that dead?
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12-05-2006, 12:38 AM
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To boldy reef ...
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Semi direct Tunze 6100 creates the flow. I can't imagine it's not getting enough as I have another sps near it that is doing fine with polyps waving in the breeze. No new phosphate remover, temp is stable, did a water change last Thursday.
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They have two settings .... stun and kill ... It'd be best not to confuse them!
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12-05-2006, 10:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hendersonracing
once they start bleaching will it ever color back up or is that dead?
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Depends. If it's just bleaching it can regain it's color. But often, we use the term bleaching, even when the tissue has receeded/died. In the case of the later, NO...it will not come back. New growth MAY overgrow it, but it will not return.
I'm with Wiskey...hurry up and frag a couple pieces and place them in various places in your tank.
How fast is the bleaching? If it's REALLY fast (RTN), then frag some healthy pieces, and remove the remaining colony.
If it's slow, you can just amputate (frag the bleached parts and an additional 1-2cm of healthy tissue. If you feel so inclined, cover the cut with superglue gel as a bandaid. Not always necessary, but can help.).
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12-05-2006, 10:39 AM
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12-05-2006, 11:10 AM
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To boldy reef ...
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This may sound dumb, but since I have never really kept sps sucessfully until now, I've never need to frag any corals. How exactly do you frag the colony. Take a pair of cutters and cut off one of the arms of the colony? What is good to use for gluing underwater?
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12-05-2006, 11:15 AM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Yep, a pair of Dikes is what I use for SPS, but they do rust so dry them off really well. I use super glue gel for gluing down the frag.
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12-05-2006, 11:17 AM
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Yep. Pliers/cutters are fine. Just make sure there's no grease/rust on them.
As for glue...any old superglue will do (cynoacrilyte or something like that heheeh). Superglue Gel works the best though (easier to work with).
Just make sure the glue doesn't have any anti-mold/anti-fungal additives. Very few do, but there are some.
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