white dots on my sps coral

[Jarrett]

i just talked to a couple other people and i think it might be as ecchybridle said, that its a new growth. these corals have been in my tank for 2 months now so they are growing, and if i had bugs it would of showed up awhile ago i would think. but i bought some coralRX so i am going to monitor those corals and as long as they stay healthy like they are now i wont worry, and for now on every new coral is getting dipped.

 

[ecchybridLE]

i just talked to a couple other people and i think it might be as ecchybridle said, that its a new growth. these corals have been in my tank for 2 months now so they are growing, and if i had bugs it would of showed up awhile ago i would think. but i bought some coralRX so i am going to monitor those corals and as long as they stay healthy like they are now i wont worry, and for now on every new coral is getting dipped.

Deff dip new corals unless u get them from a solid source which is still not an excuse to dip. Most lfs stores do not take proper precautions or measures to insure clean pest free corals IMO. Also if u get a frag and it has aefw u should glue up any exposed skeleton. If there is a broken branch or around the base of the coral where it was cut for making the frag. The eggs grow on the exposed or dead parts of the acro.

 

[Josh]

Since you haven't named any acros yet, you can't really say it is AEFW. Are there white dots on certain corals and if so, do they cover the entire coral or just a part of it? Are the coral polyps extended?

 

[Jarrett]

i only have that one acro and i was told it was a hyponotic acro its actually the same acro that duke posted that link about on the other page. and the polyps are all still extended and no they dont cover the entire coral its only a couple dots and the coral still has all its color.

 

[MIKE NY]

...without a pic it's hard to determine what you have going on, but if your coral has the white marks like in Marc's(Melevsreef) thread than you may have AEFW. I would dip the coral anyway and then you'll know for sure...follow the directions for dipping carefuly. I've done it many times when I suspected them. Also get into the practice of dipping all new corals so not to infect the entire tank with them. You may be able to spot them at night with a flashlight when they are more active.