SPS Help exposed skeleton

Ryan · #1 11-01-2009, 11:38 PM

I bought this piece about 3 weeks ago at a local retailer and it was doing really well. I noticed this the other day and was wondering what it was? Is this STN? I doesnt seem to be getting any worse than 3 days ago. This patch was about .5" - .75" away from a small mille frag and thought maybe it was from the mille stinging it so I pulled this frag and put it on my rack.

lorenz0 · #2 11-02-2009, 01:51 AM

Keep an eye on it, but yes that does look like stn. almost looks like it has stopped though

whatcaneyedo · #3 11-02-2009, 02:57 AM

Have the polyps been coming out at all or does it look like that all of the time?

Ryan · #4 11-02-2009, 02:58 AM

No I usually see polyps out. I pulled the piece to the front before I snapped that picture.

Delphinus · #5 11-02-2009, 03:55 AM

Was the skeleton that green right away? If so then it has a kind of boring (by "boring" in this case I mean "drilling" and not "uninteresting") algae. Basically if SPS sloughs off tissue (RTN or STN) and the skeleton isn't pure white, then the coral has this and it will have a pretty uphill battle ahead of it. If on the other hand it takes a few days then that's just regular old opportunistic algae and not (in and of itself) something to worry about.

Ryan · #6 11-02-2009, 03:56 AM

When I noticed it it was green. I have some other skeletons in there that look exactly like that bare patch. I didnt notice this die off until those other skeletons were introduced.