SPS Bleaching

[gwen_o_lyn]

Ok so I have a 12g SPS nano. I have SPS growing into each other. It will have to be that way until I find a bigger tank.

My observation has been that the SPS touching will bleach in only the spots that are touching. So I thought that's how it would always be.

I've never seen an SPS bleach within 24 hours, but I've always heard about it happening. I come home to find this is the case with a monti digi and another stick is growing into it. The other "stick" may be an acropora. The acropora is fine.

So I assume the other stick bleached my monti. What do you think?
I do have a few more softie frags in my tank than normal. Did a recent thermos swap and I couldn't put the frags in the nudi infested tank.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

montipora is a "weak" coral, so the acro could certainly zap it. when you say bleach, do you mean RTN (rapid tissue necrosis)? Is it just a whitye skeleton, or a pale version of its previous self?

 

[broreefr]

This Article may offer some insight
http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/fhb/workshops/25/58.htm">http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/fhb/workshops/25/58.htm</a>

sounds like they may be stressed from competition

 

[gwen_o_lyn]

It's a white skeleton- no polyps will ever come out again. It's gone.

I do have a much larger frag of this coral about 2 inches to the right, and then a few more frags in the sand bed and they are all fine. All other corals look good too.

Article has been read- thanks!

 

[jmaneyapanda]

probably just detonataed due to the "attack" from the acro.

 

[glxtrix]

yup got attacked, if you move it, it will eventually grow over the dead area.

 

[gwen_o_lyn]

Ok I learned something new- thanks.

 

[glxtrix]

unfortunately its kinda up in the air wether or not the corals will attack eachother, unless there is a master list out there, its trail and error with us But I have a piece of green cap and a purple digitada that has grown into the area of it, killed a part it grew over and is going on its way. The cap is fine except in the area of the grow over, and actually now that I look at it its recovered green tissue right up to the digi. Corals are fun! LOL.

 

[gwen_o_lyn]

cool stuff!

 

[glxtrix]

yeah, unfortunately tho there was a really nice blue digi that was near a what looked like blasto that sprouted from a rock, things were happy
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between the both of them, but the other night there was a crazy fight, came in the next morning and both were cacooned in this stringy lookin crud and both were dead.....it was a fight[IMG]http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/18/18_1_30v.gif" alt="" /> ....a battle..[IMG]http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/14/14_4_102.gif" alt="" /> to the death.[IMG]http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15/15_6_25.gif" alt="" />..both were gladiators....heros [IMG]http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_22_1.gif" alt="" />if you will......I dont know where I'm going with this, simply put, they be dead now.

 

[gwen_o_lyn]

your great story needed some smileys!!!

 

[glxtrix]

holly crap! Thats awesome!

 

[gwen_o_lyn]

:thumbs:

 

[gwen_o_lyn]

update:
The other SPS is now bleaching... So I cut it off and they aren't touching anymore. Maybe I can save one of them.