andy Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 My browned-out Acro colony has got a pretty gross looking polyp (pix below). My params are ok (SG 1.026, Ca 450, Alk a bit low at 6.4, NH4/NO3/NO2 all at or near zero, temp 80*F) so I think it's just sick. I've checked Borneman's book, and I didn't see anything that looked quite like this. Anyways, it needs to be dealt with whatever the problem is. I'm pretty sure I need to clip that off, but I'm not sure how much of the branch to take. Should I just clip off the tip with the end 3 or 4 polyps or take off more? If more, how much more? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Yeah, I would clip it...Also are you getting any polyp extension off of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Yeah just clip off the affected brach.......then clip the end off that branch.......glue it to rubble and wait, you may end up with two corals. I think it should be OK, but better safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 I clipped it off at the first elbow, took maybe 3/4" of an inch off. It had gotten worse just in the few hours I waited, looked infected and rotten. Another polyp on the same branch had started to go bad as well. :( I didn't notice while I was acclimating it, but while doing the out-patient surgery I got a whiff of the Acro -- they're stinky buggers, a real concentrated tide-pool at 2:00pm kind'a smell. Not rotten, just OCEAN. The clippings went right into the garbage can outside... I don't want a reoccurance of the stench I had to deal with with the dead clam that got bagged and left in the fridge for a bit too long. Fortunately I got it out before it nuked the fridge, but that garbage can outside will never be the same (puke) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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