Are these eggs in my new acro?

Cambria · 03/02/2018, 01:57 PM

I got a new acro frag and see some white little dots. Are they eggs or something? Or is it from it being stressed? I attached a picture.

jda · 03/02/2018, 06:16 PM

Looks like red bugs or some other type of pest. It is really hard to tell from that photo.

lynchmob3000 · 03/02/2018, 10:46 PM

Looks like stress from a pest bite

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Cambria · 03/02/2018, 11:49 PM

Thanks guys for the replies. Sorry the picture is hard to tell. I looked at it closer and it does look like maybe some sort of bites maybe. They're really tiny.

Piper27 · 03/03/2018, 04:11 AM

Looks like mesenterial filaments from stress. Could be a pest but I don't see Any at first glance. Doesn't mean they aren't there. Research the most common acro pests and check all your corals.

Cambria · 03/03/2018, 10:58 AM

I did dip my corals and didnt see any kind of pest. So maybe it is just due to stress. I got these acros as brown-out acros from lfs.

rvareef · 03/03/2018, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piper27

Looks like mesenterial filaments from stress. Could be a pest but I don't see Any at first glance. Doesn't mean they aren't there. Research the most common acro pests and check all your corals.

+1 on mesenterial filaments

DesertReefT4r · 03/04/2018, 09:28 PM

Plus 2. But check for pests.

Tripod1404 · 03/05/2018, 01:00 PM

Mesenterial filaments. But they are not coming from the polyps but the tissue itself. That shows it is highly stressed.

Cambria · 03/06/2018, 01:06 PM

Good to know. It makes sense because my LFS got a ton of brown out acros and a lot were extremely stressed and were STNing. I tried to get the healthiest ones but noticed this one as I was acclimating it. It looks like it's getting better though.

Thanks guys!

03/04/2018, 09:28 PM	#8
DesertReefT4r Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Mesa Az Posts: 771	Plus 2. But check for pests. __________________ Tank history 29g tropical ,55g cichlid tank, 20H softy reef, 29g mixed reef, 20H brackish goby & puffer tank, 55g mixed reef, 6g Nanocube softy lps reef, 40B sps reef, 75g sps reef, 75g sps reef in bu Current Tank Info: 75g sps reef build in the works.

03/02/2018, 06:16 PM	#2
jda Dogmatic Dinosaur Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 6,256	Looks like red bugs or some other type of pest. It is really hard to tell from that photo.

03/02/2018, 10:46 PM	#3
lynchmob3000 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Elverta Posts: 635	Looks like stress from a pest bite Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/02/2018, 11:49 PM	#4
Cambria Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 79	Thanks guys for the replies. Sorry the picture is hard to tell. I looked at it closer and it does look like maybe some sort of bites maybe. They're really tiny.

03/03/2018, 04:11 AM	#5
Piper27 I love bengals Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Manassas Virginia Posts: 2,512	Looks like mesenterial filaments from stress. Could be a pest but I don't see Any at first glance. Doesn't mean they aren't there. Research the most common acro pests and check all your corals.

03/03/2018, 10:58 AM	#6
Cambria Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 79	I did dip my corals and didnt see any kind of pest. So maybe it is just due to stress. I got these acros as brown-out acros from lfs.

03/05/2018, 01:00 PM	#9
Tripod1404 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,821	Mesenterial filaments. But they are not coming from the polyps but the tissue itself. That shows it is highly stressed.

03/06/2018, 01:06 PM	#10
Cambria Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 79	Good to know. It makes sense because my LFS got a ton of brown out acros and a lot were extremely stressed and were STNing. I tried to get the healthiest ones but noticed this one as I was acclimating it. It looks like it's getting better though. Thanks guys!