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Old 09/19/2007, 01:56 PM
crichard6069 crichard6069 is offline
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First acropora - question

This past Saturday I received my first acropora from Marine Depot. I epoxied it to a rock and have what I think is "decent" water flow for it. It's now been 5 days and it seems like it's began to "shed" something. A few of the branches have a stringy web like substance hanging off of them. Is this due to me handling it? Does it shed it's skin like a leather?

I'm in the midst of fighting some flatworms (just added a wrasse to help) and I've noticed that same type of stringy substance seems to be related to them. Any thoughts?
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Old 09/19/2007, 02:01 PM
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A picture would really help. Sounds like it could be sliming or RTN could have started.
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Old 09/19/2007, 03:12 PM
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agree, sounds like slime or RTN. has it lost color/ turned white in any spots?

pics would answer alot of ?
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Old 09/20/2007, 10:57 AM
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Any pic?
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Old 09/20/2007, 11:22 AM
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I'll get one tonight. I fell asleep on the couch last night. :-/
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Old 09/21/2007, 01:13 PM
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bump (:-)
 


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