Aefw bites?

[Coralville]

Are these bites or ?

 

[ritter6788]

I don't think they are but it could be. Hard to tell from the pic. Dip it and see if FW fall off. Sometimes you can knock them off with a turkey baster too. Check the plug and undersides for eggs.

 

[celebrityovernight]

Hard to tell, but those don't look like typical bite marks to me. Did you find any eggs?

 

[Coralville]

I dipped it in Bayer and some stuff came off but not sure what. Hard to tell when dip solution is milky. Should have blasted it with tank water before the dip but I didn't.

 

[Coralville]

Didn't see any eggs though.

 

[ritter6788]

I dipped it in Bayer and some stuff came off but not sure what. Hard to tell when dip solution is milky. Should have blasted it with tank water before the dip but I didn't.

If you dip in a clear container you can hold it up to a light and look through the bottom. You can sometimes see them squirm before they die. If you've already dipped there may not be anything on it now though.

 

[Coralville]

Thanks for the info

 

[TUSI]

Hard to tell, they don't seem like bites but the coral looks little stressed. Do the polyps extend at all?

 

[Coralville]

I'm seeing some pe but not a lot. It's still acclimating. I was pretty worried about the discolored areas. The consensus seems to be it doesn't look like bites so I feel better. Here's a few more pics.

 

[hybridazn]

I don't believe those are bite marks, but the coral looks like it's been thru the ringer. At least it has decent pe so there is hope. I would def keep an eye on it

 

[Coralville]

I will, thank you!

 

[Diesel]

Don't see any bites but it's always a good thing to dip before entering the tank and keep it on a frag rack if you don't have a QT in that case you can dip it every 3 to 5 days for the next 4 weeks.
Yes the coral looks stressed.
This is common for a SPS as I already know what happen to it............. when they bagged your coral they exposed it to air before the enter it in the bag.
When you do this the coral will slime up in the bag and cause a phosphate (Po4) spike as long it is in the bag.
Corals will show stress marks and will loose color because of that and it can happen in the first two hours depends on the coral as some has more slime than others.
When I bag up some corals I'll bag them under water, you'll have hardly any slimming going on and thus no stress and color loss.

 

[Coralville]

Don't see any bites but it's always a good thing to dip before entering the tank and keep it on a frag rack if you don't have a QT in that case you can dip it every 3 to 5 days for the next 4 weeks.
Yes the coral looks stressed.
This is common for a SPS as I already know what happen to it............. when they bagged your coral they exposed it to air before the enter it in the bag.
When you do this the coral will slime up in the bag and cause a phosphate (Po4) spike as long it is in the bag.
Corals will show stress marks and will loose color because of that and it can happen in the first two hours depends on the coral as some has more slime than others.
When I bag up some corals I'll bag them under water, you'll have hardly any slimming going on and thus no stress and color loss.

Ah ok I had no idea. Thanks so much for the info!