acropora peeling!!!!!

[JKDMan]

i purchased a large frag of brown acropora about a mont ago from a frag trade show....i brought it home and it began to darken up and polyps were nice and o0pen for about 2 weeks ,then i noticied that the polyps had stoped opening....and last night i notices some "bleached spots" i look at it today and it looks as if the brown "skin" is falling/peeling off revealing a white skelton.......what could this be,i thought maby not enough light ,its under a 186w pc....about 2 inches under the waters surface..any idea of what this could be thx

 

[Anonymous]

RTN. Sounds like it too me. Sloughing of the skin. Might want to frag a part of it that is not effected and try to save that. Not sure PC lights are enough for acros though. JMO

 

[Anonymous]

it's schloffing(??) off the actual flesh, while i wouldn't point directly to RTN it is bad news. Best thing you could probably do is frag off the tips that are unaffected and hope for the best.

 

[Anonymous]

Do you have it in direct flow (ie in front of a powerhead or return)?

Too much direct flow can cause this to hapen too.

Or are the "bleached" spots at the tips? It could just be growing!


Can you get a picture?

 

[JKDMan]

RTN whats that :?:

 

[S!mon]

rapid tissue necrosis