first peice of acro

[reefmut]

well the day has finally arrived. My current tank is a 55 with a 20 gal sump and is just over a year old. The tank is flourishing with softies and lps but after tons of research and all the work needed to upgrade my lighting i put in my firts peice of acro. The peice is a fairly good sized colony and is a deep marron color with dark blue tips. My question is maybe just reasurance but it is somewhat normal for the acro to put off a slime coat when first placed in the new tank??

 

[reefmut]

bump...

 

[SaltHead]

Yep ,sounds right to me. So as you can see it is very important to place it in a high flow area for the first week or two. Once the polyps are all staying extended you could move it to an area with somewhat less flow. Remember though ,acros can take up to 6 months to completely overcome the shock of the move ,and regain normal gorwth rates!

Good luck!!

 

[reefmut]

thank you very much for the reassurance...

 

[XXX]

Sliming is a good thing.

 

[Ben1]

Sliming isnt always a good thing, they do this as protective measures. This slime only happens when stressed, like if you took the acro out of the water this can cause it to slime. Too much slime and not enough current can kill your acro. The slime can slough off and get caught on anoughter acro or other coral and sting it.

Is your new acro tank raised or is it wild.

As a "fairly good sized colony" it is probably wild. Acros develope to there location. If it developed in a high current area, it would grow into a formation more for that area. You would have a very hard time reproducing this enviroment for it. If it has tight branching be sure the center of the colony is getting enough light as well not just the top of it. JMO, HTH

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