Whats wrong with this Acro

scastillo813 · Mar 3, 2014

I recently noticed the tip of one of my Acros is looking chewed up. Can anyone tell me what might be wrong with it and what to do about it? Thanks
(just turned the lights on)
The fish that are in the tank include: 02 Clownfish, Scopus Tang, Firefish, Watchman Goby, and a Royal Gramma.

Ph 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 10
Nitrites 0
Calcium 450+
Alkalinity 9.5
Magnesium 1350-1400

xthunderx · Mar 3, 2014

Looks like a scrape or nick, perhaps accidental? I would frag it right up to where you see healthy tissue so that you get nice clean growth from that point. You'll see scar tissue if you let it heal on it's own.

Looks healthy, so it should recover quickly within a week or two. Keep an eye on it that's for sure.

EW_Fish · Mar 3, 2014

id frag the dead part off. are you dosing?

mike007 · Mar 3, 2014

May have a pest flat worms etc.

-Logzor · Mar 3, 2014

Your tang cracked the tip and it's re-healing. Just my guess. The coral looks very healthy otherwise.

evolved · Mar 4, 2014

xthunderx said:
Looks like a scrape or nick, perhaps accidental? I would frag it right up to where you see healthy tissue so that you get nice clean growth from that point. You'll see scar tissue if you let it heal on it's own.

Looks healthy, so it should recover quickly within a week or two. Keep an eye on it that's for sure.

Completely agree; it's simply a mechanical injury. It was bumped by something; unknowingly by you perhaps (we've all done it), else by a fish.

EW_Fish said:
id frag the dead part off.

You could; either way it will be fine. Leaving it alone might result in it looking "odd" as mentioned above.

mike007 said:
May have a pest flat worms etc.

Nah, it's just blunt force trauma.

-Logzor said:
Your tang cracked the tip and it's re-healing. Just my guess. The coral looks very healthy otherwise.

+1

TheAcroholic · Mar 4, 2014

I would also guess it was the tang. Happened to one of mine before. Cut off that tip, will heal up rather quickly.

Curtis Scott · Mar 6, 2014

If you have been able to rule out what has been mentioned above... Maybe there is too much flow?

FWIW, this happen in my tank when an acro grew to close to the flow from a MP40. When this happens it usually doesn't look like a clean break (like when accidentally bumped ect). It looked more as if the tissue was being blown back. While it still continued to try to grow, the patterns were different in the area closest to the high flow coming from the MP40.

bct15 · Mar 6, 2014

Just broken from something bumping it

Dog Boy Dave · Mar 9, 2014

Let me borrow it for a week and my Angel fish can trim back all the other branches for you as well. Corals get broke all the time. Dont sweat it.

scastillo813 · Mar 9, 2014

Dog Boy Dave said:
Let me borrow it for a week and my Angel fish can trim back all the other branches for you as well. Corals get broke all the time. Dont sweat it.

Haha. thanks for the offer, but I'll have pass on that one.

Thanks everyone for all the replies. It probably got bumped by my tang. It's looking as if it's healed up pretty good now.