what´s going on with my Acro?

[FloformAustria]

Hey Guys!

noticed something strange on my Acropora:
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/flofromaustria/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3284_zpswm4j1j8h.jpg (http://s774.photobucket.com/user/flofromaustria/media/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3284_zpswm4j1j8h.jpg.html)
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/flofromaustria/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3284-2_zpslcmi9u1j.jpg (http://s774.photobucket.com/user/flofromaustria/media/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3284-2_zpslcmi9u1j.jpg.html)
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/flofromaustria/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3280_zpsai9ziokp.jpg (http://s774.photobucket.com/user/flofromaustria/media/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3280_zpsai9ziokp.jpg.html)
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/flofromaustria/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3280-2_zps37yazyzr.jpg (http://s774.photobucket.com/user/flofromaustria/media/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3280-2_zps37yazyzr.jpg.html)

anybody got an idea what this could be?

Thanks Flo

[Reel North]

Kinda looks like aefw.

[FloformAustria]

I have to say that my Okinawa gobi likes to sit in this place... So maybe it's that?
Perry thought it could be this... I have no experience with AEFW...

[xanthurum]

Kinda hard to tell. Something is bothering it for sure but it doesn't look like AEFW to me. It looks like baby monti nudis but they would have no reason to be on an Acro but I have seen them eat a Valida before. Beautiful coral

[plyle02]

I say this Flo only because AEFW usually operate unseen at the base of the coral, moving up, by the time most notice on the view-able part of the coral, usually at that point it would be an infestation. However, if one blew off another coral, and landed on this acro, in theory it would begin working on the coral. To me it looks like irritation and shading, which could be that little goby :)

[FloformAustria]

Okay... Hmmm that gobi bastard :D

But he is move through all my sps near the drop...
I really have to keep a close eye on that...

What is the treatment against AEFW? Only dipping?

Thanks guys for the input

[FF337]

Anyway to pull it and dip it to be sure?

[reefmutt]

I really had no idea until I read that you have a goby that likes to sit there. I'd bet big money on goby irritation.
Doesn't look to me like eafw..

[71xlch]

Afew usually start at the base under side. You clearly see thier bite marks. I think it's safe to discount afew.

[Reel North]

I was hoping I was wrong. It looks to me that there IS something on it in the close up pics

[FloformAustria]

Anyway to pull it and dip it to be sure?
there is always a way but it would mean breaking it of the rock... don´t think i´ll be able to attach it there again...
I really had no idea until I read that you have a goby that likes to sit there. I'd bet big money on goby irritation.
Doesn't look to me like eafw..
yes it was my gfs idea... :hammer: i was too weak to say no and didn´t think about the consequences... :headwally:
Afew usually start at the base under side. You clearly see thier bite marks. I think it's safe to discount afew.
no the base seems okay... have to check again today after work...
I was hoping I was wrong. It looks to me that there IS something on it in the close up pics
yes there is something, but it could be something from the polyp it self...

[FloformAustria]

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/flofromaustria/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3288_zps02dkbhec.jpg (http://s774.photobucket.com/user/flofromaustria/media/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3288_zps02dkbhec.jpg.html)
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/flofromaustria/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3287_zpsji5fnjrj.jpg (http://s774.photobucket.com/user/flofromaustria/media/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3287_zpsji5fnjrj.jpg.html)
http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy27/flofromaustria/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3285_zpsojrcep5v.jpg (http://s774.photobucket.com/user/flofromaustria/media/Stufenbecken/20160602/DSC_3285_zpsojrcep5v.jpg.html)

so new pictures... there is definitely something going on... what are those white things...?

[reefmutt]

It's got it's mesenteric filaments out a bit.. Like its irritated. I really don't see anything much else..
It would be interesting if you could put a net around this area so that the goby couldn't go there anymore, and see if that helps.
Those gobies, although they don't do major damage usually, they definitely eat the polyps of the Acro. And when the make a nest, they clear the flesh away completely.

[FloformAustria]

Thanks matt!!

Yeah perry said the same... When I came home today guess where it sat? :D
Hmmm have to think about that net... Maybe I find a way to get the goby away from there... It is sitting on my big staghorn too but there is nothing to see
Maybe that's because the staghorn isn't so fuzzy...?

[markalot]

It doesn't just sit there, those gobys like to literally hump the coral for the slime. I had one in a smaller tank and it almost killed a slimer sliding up and down the branches. Dispatch, with prejudice. ... or just take it back to the store. :lolspin:

[reefmutt]

Well.... Thank you Mark.
I have a new name to call people I don't like: 'slime humping gobies'

Like, when a car drives through a puddle and splashes me, I will yell 'you slime humping goby!!!!!!

Or 'I just can't decide which slime humping goby to vote for in the next election..'

Or... 'I pity the slime humping goby who marries Kim Kardashian...'

Thanks, bud! :)

[plyle02]

Well.... Thank you Mark.
I have a new name to call people I don't like: 'slime humping gobies'

Like, when a car drives through a puddle and splashes me, I will yell 'you slime humping goby!!!!!!

Or 'I just can't decide which slime humping goby to vote for in the next election..'

Or... 'I pity the slime humping goby who marries Kim Kardashian...'

Thanks, bud! :)

Oh Matt, now that is pretty funny stuff right there :)

[FloformAustria]

It doesn't just sit there, those gobys like to literally hump the coral for the slime. I had one in a smaller tank and it almost killed a slimer sliding up and down the branches. Dispatch, with prejudice. ... or just take it back to the store. :lolspin:
:lolspin:
don´t know if u can get it out...
Well.... Thank you Mark.
I have a new name to call people I don't like: 'slime humping gobies'
Like, when a car drives through a puddle and splashes me, I will yell 'you slime humping goby!!!!!!
Or 'I just can't decide which slime humping goby to vote for in the next election..'
Or... 'I pity the slime humping goby who marries Kim Kardashian...'
Thanks, bud! :)
isn´t kim already married? :blown:

[reefmutt]

She's been married 3 times but her current husband must be the BIGGEST slime humping goby on the planet...

Except for maybe the two front runners in the American election...

... And an ex girlfriend of mine from waaaay back..

[FloformAustria]

She's been married 3 times but her current husband must be the BIGGEST slime humping goby on the planet...

Except for maybe the two front runners in the American election...

... And an ex girlfriend of mine from waaaay back..

but the brain bugs running for president are top notch! i think the talking hair piece is the worst slime humping goby!

[reefmutt]

but the brain bugs running for president are top notch! i think the talking hair piece is the worst slime humping goby!

You could be right.. but the difference between them is that he is a slime humping goby to your face and she is a slime humping goby behind your back.

[reefmutt]

Ok. Can't resist...

You see, Flo, he would slime hump right in front of you, in full daylight... He'd hump away while looking you in the face and smiling..

On the other hand.. She would slime hump aaaaaallll night long and then in the morning, take a shower and claim she was helping the elderly all night. AND she'd have 5 old ladies as an alibi.

Which is worse?

[FloformAustria]

You could be right.. but the difference between them is that he is a slime humping goby to your face and she is a slime humping goby behind your back.

Ok. Can't resist...

You see, Flo, he would slime hump right in front of you, in full daylight... He'd hump away while looking you in the face and smiling..

On the other hand.. She would slime hump aaaaaallll night long and then in the morning, take a shower and claim she was helping the elderly all night. AND she'd have 5 old ladies as an alibi.

Which is worse?

that is the question isn´t it... i´ll guess you have to think about building a wall on your south border... MAKE CANADA SAVE AGAIN!!

god damn those slime humping gobys...

[33yrplus]

Interestingly the worst slime humping goby is the citron/okinawa... not going to make any comparisons to hair colour. LoL

+1 on the goby being the problem.

[FloformAustria]

Interestingly the worst slime humping goby is the citron/okinawa... not going to make any comparisons to hair colour. LoL

+1 on the goby being the problem.

so i´ve got the jackpot? :D

[markalot]

:lolspin:

[FloformAustria]

so now I´m pretty sure that the irritation is caused by the god damn slime humping goby...

every time i check who the coral is doing who is sitting there? the slime humping goby

hmmm now i have to think about how I´m going to deal with this... it´s the favorite of my gf... not easy :D

Flo

[markalot]

so now I´m pretty sure that the irritation is caused by the god damn slime humping goby...

every time i check who the coral is doing who is sitting there? the slime humping goby

hmmm now i have to think about how I´m going to deal with this... it´s the favorite of my gf... not easy :D

Flo

A fish with a big mouth? :lol: