Shane,
>2. Is the spot possibly a fungal or bacterial infection? If not, does
>anyone know what the hell it is?
Could be bacterial, but I would have to be able to see it to say much more.
Could be due to something feeding on it, or an injury that has gotten
infected and is slowly moving outwards.
>3. How do I get rid of the spot? Medications? Fresh water dip?
Best way to handle it would be to frag out the problem area. Iodine baths
in tank water with added iodine may help if it is bacterial.
>4. Acro - any thoughts on why this may be loosing color? Too much
>light? I thought that the fluorescent green acros loved a lot of light.
Can be a wide variety of reasons. Things that will effect the colour of
the colony are alkalinity, prey availability, lighting and stress.
Exactly what is the colour loss like? Fading of the green colouring?
Overall fading of colour, both the green and brown? Turning more brown? etc.
>5. Any thoughts on the genreral lack of growth? I mean, there is hardly
>any noticeable growth on these corals from month to month. I have frags that
>are about 3 - 4 months old, and have not grown much at all.
Not sure what the colonies are like, but Acropora will not start to branch
and grow much without a sufficient encrusted portion. Once a species
reaches a certain amount of encrusting on the rock then they take off like
made branching etc. if that is how that species grows.
Are the tips pale compared to the rest of the colony? Or a different
colour anyway?
Catch ya,
DBW | The Caretaker, OZ REEF Marine Park
Melbourne | http://ozreef.org/
Australia | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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