drouner
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When I bought his back in late Sept, it had this void of tissue spot on it. I was not very big. But it has gotten larger. I posted a picture to id it several weeks ago and the picture revealed a potential red bug. Now for the several nights I have been searching for those beasts after lights out and not seen any. So if have red bugs they are really hard to see or they are gone.
So the question is what is happening? What can I do about it? I thought I could cut the frag down below that area and see it it would heal back up. But that breaks the coral's axis and my affect the gowth. I realize these are slow growers. I do see PE at night as I hunt for the red beasts. The frag is in a direct flow pattern of my CL. So it should be getting plenty of flow.
Everything else in the tank is doing great. I tested the water a few days ago and everything was in range w/ no Ph or Nitrites.
Lighting is 1x 250 14K w/ 2-T5 (1- actinic and 1 Blue +).
Flow is a Gen-X PCX 30 on OM Squirt and 1 MJ 900.
Ph 8.2
Mg 1050
Alk 1.94
KH 5.4
Looks I need to add some buffer! :shock:
The before picture (yellow circle) only shows part of the orginial area.
So the question is what is happening? What can I do about it? I thought I could cut the frag down below that area and see it it would heal back up. But that breaks the coral's axis and my affect the gowth. I realize these are slow growers. I do see PE at night as I hunt for the red beasts. The frag is in a direct flow pattern of my CL. So it should be getting plenty of flow.
Everything else in the tank is doing great. I tested the water a few days ago and everything was in range w/ no Ph or Nitrites.
Lighting is 1x 250 14K w/ 2-T5 (1- actinic and 1 Blue +).
Flow is a Gen-X PCX 30 on OM Squirt and 1 MJ 900.
Ph 8.2
Mg 1050
Alk 1.94
KH 5.4
Looks I need to add some buffer! :shock:
The before picture (yellow circle) only shows part of the orginial area.
