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07/18/2017, 02:21 PM | #1 |
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Bleaching or growing of acropora?
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07/19/2017, 07:04 PM | #2 |
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07/20/2017, 08:46 AM | #3 |
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Polyps are extended. To me that isn't a sign of bleaching. What are your levels?
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07/20/2017, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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07/21/2017, 05:50 AM | #5 |
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Looks like growing to me. Bleaching means polyps are still observable, just white. White skeleton without polyps is dead. Not unusual for the growing tips to be quite pale.
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07/21/2017, 06:14 AM | #6 |
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yours looks good, new growth can show white until its colonized
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07/21/2017, 12:44 PM | #7 |
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Thanks everyone for the reassurance!
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07/21/2017, 05:36 PM | #8 |
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Looks like nice healthy growth to me as well..
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07/26/2017, 10:04 AM | #9 |
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Random branches of my frogskin acro go on growth spurts and a lot of the new growth is white to pale green. I think the cause it the coral grows faster than the pigmented algae sometimes.
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