I have 4 colonies of Acropora with burnt tips , I think I have come up with the reason why this has happened my nutrients where at o . I have tried to cut the burnt tips off thinking it would start some new growth but instead algea has started to grow on the tips where I cut them off . Are these Acropora gowing to recover or not ? Any ideas on what to do ? Thanks B
Burnt tip Acropora
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Gtinnel
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If you get your parameters correct and stable then they should be able to recover.
You are right about what causes burnt tips, high alk/cal and low nutrients. The high alk/cal encourages skeletal growth but the low nutrients cause the tissue to not be able to grow as quick as the skeleton leading to the tissue being too thin.
You are right about what causes burnt tips, high alk/cal and low nutrients. The high alk/cal encourages skeletal growth but the low nutrients cause the tissue to not be able to grow as quick as the skeleton leading to the tissue being too thin.
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So the layer was there, just thin. Don't cut next time. Hopefully they recover.
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