A bit of white fuzz on sps

[thepudge]

Hi, i have a large acro colony and I noticed a tiny bit of white fuzz on one of its inner branches. I thought I basted it away last night but it was still there this morning so I used a toothpick to remove it, and it looks like the acro is white underneath.. What is this? Is it just detritus that stayed a little too long, or is it something else? I increased flow to the area, the flow seemed to be missing that vacinity before.

Nitrates <5
alk 8.4
phosphates, recently undetectable on salifert.

thanks!

Alex

 

[SlamaJama]

pics?

 

[thepudge]

Not possible at the moment, looks just like a bit of that white fungusy-looking white sponge that grows on liverock..

 

[Deanos]

No pics probably means no definitive answers. Sorry

 

[thepudge]

Yeah I figured.. thanks anyway! I am pretty sure it is nothing, I panic about stupid things on my reef sometimes

 

[House of Laughter]

Every once in awhile I'll see this stringy slime in or on my acros and I just attribute it to their defense to something in the system (sliming) but nothing puffy or anything like that - possible it died in that area - sounds to me the "white" underneath would be tissue necrosis.

Do you dose Iodine at all? I find a once in awhile dose does wonders.

House

 

[thepudge]

Yeah I dose iodine weekly -- I have xenia, and it always seems to perk up after I use it. I will keep an eye on the white spot, if it starts to spread I will panic and take pictures. I think it was probably just a piece of smutz that stuck there a little too long.

 

[House of Laughter]

. . . . . just a piece of smutz . . . . .

I love the technical terms

Keep us posted.

Jim