Rough flesh on acros?

Graffiti Spot · Jul 23, 2022

Looks like a neoplasia type of issue I would say. Only encrusting growth and lots of skin lesions. This is a bit different than the hyperplasia I have seen and delt with once and do remember more people having necrosis set in eventually with bad neoplasia. My hyperplasia issues went away when I corrected my calcium and alk imbalance and dosing proportions at the time. I was using heavy carbon sources at the time and never stopped so I have not believed carbon dosing was a culprit but some do think so. I would guess this is the result of buying corals that have slightly rough/bumpy flesh and not much new growth in the tips, that probably have the neoplasia but are healthy enough to keep growing.

Syntax1235 · Oct 24, 2022

Bumping this thread as I’m experiencing some unusual acro skin texture as well. My alk was running a little low around 6.5 for a couple of weeks, but that was a month ago.

Alk:8 / CA: 435 / K: 430 / MAG: 1320 / SG: 35 / Nitrate: 9 / P04: .03

PE has never been good with this acro, almost non existent now.

Sierra_Bravo · Oct 24, 2022

Syntax1235 said:
Bumping this thread as I’m experiencing some unusual acro skin texture as well. My alk was running a little low around 6.5 for a couple of weeks, but that was a month ago.

Alk:8 / CA: 435 / K: 430 / MAG: 1320 / SG: 35 / Nitrate: 9 / P04: .03

PE has never been good with this acro, almost non existent now.

For what it's worth I never did determine why I was seeing the changes in texture. As far as I remember the problem went away after several months and I've never seen it since.

Syntax1235 · Oct 24, 2022

Sierra_Bravo said:
For what it's worth I never did determine why I was seeing the changes in texture. As far as I remember the problem went away after several months and I've never seen it since.

Thanks for the update. I’ll wait it out and try to keep things as stable as possible and hope it ends well.