brown tips on acropora

[sirfisher]

I recently added a reactor with charcoal to my water system about two week ago, and last week some of my acropora tips died off, the rest of the colony looks to be doing alright. Do you thing the charcoal had anything to with that?

 

[kevinpo]

Hello,
It's likely the carbon caused the water clarity to increase which in turn allowed the light to penetrate more easily. The tips of Acropora are much easier to regrow than when they lose tissue at the base. Depending on how far down the tissue loss is they should fully regrow in a few weeks.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[mal1099]

yeah i had some birdsnest loose their tips about a onth ago and its almost all grown back now.

 

[cdbdis]

I've found that tip die off or color change is usually due to a change in lighting - in this case the clearer water. I heard of the same thing happening with folks hooking up a PO3 Reactor for the first time too.