Funny looking bubble on my RPE?

hig789 · Jul 6, 2015

Got this frag the other day and noticed this funky looking bubble on the side of the plug in between two polyps.

Any ideas what it is? Is this a new polyp growing or something else? It is connecting the small polyp on the right and the big on in front.

hig789 · Jul 6, 2015

I didn't even notice that little bubble of algae under the far polyp till I took this pic. Need to get that out.

joshporksandwich · Jul 6, 2015

It looks like a melted zoa. The other ones look ok

hig789 · Jul 6, 2015

joshporksandwic said:
It looks like a melted zoa. The other ones look ok

Yeah all the others look great and there are babies on the back side. It has been there since I got it home. Do I need to do anything to it? Remove it?

joshporksandwich · Jul 6, 2015

hig789 said:
Yeah all the others look great and there are babies on the back side. It has been there since I got it home. Do I need to do anything to it? Remove it?

You can cut it off or if you have tangs they will eat the rotting zoas.

hig789 · Jul 7, 2015

Might cut it off and frag that other little polyp onto something else since it's almost on the bottom of the disc.

ZoaCollector · Jul 8, 2015

It looks okay. I wouldn't touch it. If anything the skin is covering it and is probably recovering underneath. If that part turns brown then cut it. But it looks good to me. I would leave it alone for now.

ZoaCollector · Jul 8, 2015

Can you take a top down shot

Just wondering what type of RPE's those are. Indo?

These are the Hawaiian Type: I carry these

hig789 · Jul 8, 2015

Yeah they aren't like those. Haha. Yes from what I have seen they are Indonesian. Striped like palys. I'll try and remember to take a pic of them today.

ZoaCollector · Jul 8, 2015

hig789 · Jul 8, 2015

ZoaCollector said:
Thx!

Here ya go. Sorry best I can do with my phone. It's all I have.

ZoaCollector · Jul 8, 2015

Ah yes the base is slightly going through some problems. It should heal on its own however, you might want to do a coral rx pro dip and shine a light through a clear Tupperware to see if any pods drop off. Sometimes pods eat at the base of zoa/palys when they're sick and it further prolongs them from healing. I got a six line wrasse to help with the pods.

hig789 · Jul 8, 2015

Io e only had them since Friday. I dipped them in Bayer before putting them in. I didn about 5 other zoa frags too that are doing great.

ZoaCollector · Jul 8, 2015

Cool they should be fine then

ZoaCollector · Jul 8, 2015

Let me know if you need any Inferno RPE pieces. I have some nice colonies

hig789 · Jul 8, 2015

ZoaCollector said:
Cool they should be fine then

I have some Revive, I'll give em some more time and if they don't look any better I'll dip em.

hig789 · Jul 8, 2015

ZoaCollector said:
Let me know if you need any Inferno RPE pieces. I have some nice colonies

Haha. Yes I know you do. I have drooled over your site many times. Gumbies and the pacific blues are my favorites.

ZoaCollector · Jul 8, 2015

Nice

pacific Blues are rare and hard to get. Gumbies are easier and the amount you receive versus the polyps stated on the site is a lot more

here's what I can do. I'll pm you a pack and you let me know if you like it and find it a great value

hig789 · Jul 8, 2015

ZoaCollector said:
Nice pacific Blues are rare and hard to get. Gumbies are easier and the amount you receive versus the polyps stated on the site is a lot more here's what I can do. I'll pm you a pack and you let me know if you like it and find it a great value

Sounds good man. I'll try and talk the wife into it.

fruit loops are my all time personal favorites if you have any of those too.