Acropora Bleaching?

groves1989 · Jan 9, 2023

Hey all,

I bought this frag from my LFS last week and the bottom is a full green. Is this bleaching? Should I cut this section off?

Any information is appreciated!

Dburr1014 · Jan 10, 2023

groves1989 said:
Unfortunately not that I’m aware of and the shops around here are consistently overpriced even when compared to WWC or TSA.

Must be a reef club down there...
Found a few....

groves1989 · Jan 10, 2023

Dburr1014 said:
Must be a reef club down there...
Found a few....

Yea I would think so, I’m going to have to do some digging and find one.

billyocean · Jan 10, 2023

Ita a newer system but I was reading somewhere the other day about the green on acro skin being some kind of small oval/pear/seed lookimg thing that eats away at it....not aefw but something else. Could of course just be algae as well. I'll look for the link.

ScottB · Jan 11, 2023

Dburr1014 said:
Any locals in your area that grow sps?
That's a good way to get some rest pieces.

VG, your moving down there soon, right?

Speaking of locals, how local are you to Fairfield county? I have acres of stuff to sell give swap.

Dburr1014 · Jan 11, 2023

ScottB said:
Speaking of locals, how local are you to Fairfield county? I have acres of stuff to sell give swap.

I'm about an hour from there. Just south of middletown.

sculpin01 · Jan 11, 2023

billyocean said:
Ita a newer system but I was reading somewhere the other day about the green on acro skin being some kind of small oval/pear/seed lookimg thing that eats away at it....not aefw but something else. Could of course just be algae as well. I'll look for the link.

You’re talking about Ostreopsis dinoflagellates. Definitely a possibility but no brown strings as would be typical for that.