dark8nge1 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Does anyone have any experience with boring algae on sps. I think a piece that I picked up from a local reefer has it but I dont know if I can save it or just chunk it. I'm afraid it might spread to other sps in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishypets Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Never heard of it. Can you post a pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I've never heard of boring algae before, please do post a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimD Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I think I "might" know what hes talking about. Ive seen acros that seem to have algae growing around a hole in a branch, theres actualy a living creature in the hole eating or killing the surroundig tissue to make its home causing tissue necrosis, thus the algae. Whenever Ive seen this, I pull the affected acro and superglue over the hole sealing the little bugger inside. Over time the piece will heal and encrust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 That sounds much more like it Jim. A vermellid (sp?) worm could be the culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark8nge1 Posted October 2, 2006 Author Share Posted October 2, 2006 Here's all that I could find on it. I'll try and take some pics of mine. http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0903/loss.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Oh wow that's crazy. I'm wondering if the author was mistaking though. I had a really nice green acro colony for about 3 months, it was picked clean by a couple of micro stars. The skeleton was completely green like that after it was eaten. I'm wondering if some of the skeletons of our corals take on the color of the symbiants? A fish recently ate both of my cynarina brains and one skeleton was white and the other was a pinkish red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Melev's coral death doesn't look like it was caused by any kind of algae, the algae looks like the final result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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