bite marks??

[gashunk]

so ive had this piece of acro for about 2 months now and i havent really had any growth or anything compared to my other pieces and tonight while moving stuff around i unmounted it and so before i put it back i was inspecting it and there appears to be something like a weird star shape pattern on its backside and theres a hole on the other side like maybe a bite mark or a scratch or something i was just looking on insight on what it could be if i should be worried or not also i have this weird growth i feel on one of the tips and idk why its doing this either

 

[gashunk]

here are some better pics

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Thoes are barnacles, harmless. And the gouge could be from anything from a fish nip to the start of a localized bacterial infection. Make sure the center of it is not mushy skeleton. If it's hard it should be ok if the flesh of the acro is not receding. I see no bitemarks but doesn't mean they aren't in the tank, check all acros for bitemarks if your worried about aefw.

 

[gashunk]

Thoes are barnacles, harmless. And the gouge could be from anything from a fish nip to the start of a localized bacterial infection. Make sure the center of it is not mushy skeleton. If it's hard it should be ok if the flesh of the acro is not receding. I see no bitemarks but doesn't mean they aren't in the tank, check all acros for bitemarks if your worried about aefw.

well thank you for the id on it lol just a barnacle and none of my other acros have marks but i wanted to make sure and not be sorry but incase i did dip it the inside wasnt mush so im good there