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Old 08-17-2005, 10:08 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hello everyone:

I have a acropora that has been doing great. Great color and everything. The past 3 days I have noticed the very tips of the branches turn a dark purple and the polyps on the tops have turned wgite. Well this progressed for a couple days with only 2 of the polyps with the problem. I noticed yesterday that the polyps with the issue started gooping out white stuff. Tonitht when I looked there was about 4 with the same issues and the first two actually had white stringy goo trailing in the current about 2 inches. It looked like snot for lack of a better description. I pouched the polyp and the stuff came off and the purple tips of the coral felt soft like they crumbled a little tiny bit when I touched them. A checked all my other water properties and everything checks out but the Cal that was at 350 instead of 400 where I like it. I will get a photo when my batteries charge back up.

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Old 08-18-2005, 12:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I would say the whitish tips are just new growth John
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Old 08-18-2005, 06:26 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Hould they be soft and secrete a white mucas substance? They did turn very purple before they started "milking"

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I don't think that sound normal either some photos would help.


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How long has the Cal been low
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maybe the coral is...doing its buisness? lol...


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Old 10-10-2005, 04:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I touched the polyp and the stuff came off and the purple tips of the coral felt soft like they crumbled a little tiny bit when I touched them.
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I have never seen any of my acro visably poop. The crumbily tips and low cal have my worried. Do you have anymore water parameters?
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Could it be under attack.
Acros do produce a slime from the polyps but typically its not that much.

If you blow on the tip dose it blow off revealing the purple tip again?


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Old 11-01-2005, 08:46 PM   #9 (permalink)
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