What would cause........

[nyfireman3097]

my acro colony to be losing its skin ???? i havent dosed any zeo stuff for about 5 days now moved to a lower flow i dont get it
Nick

[Diesel3443]

is it only one piece?

[nyfireman3097]

yeah only it parameters are all good and stable i dont get it
Nick

[Diesel3443]

how long has it been in there? Also check rh base for flatworms

[nyfireman3097]

no flatworms checked already for every bug its about 4 months
Nick

[Diesel3443]

I dunno man The only other thing would be flow, or photoburn that I could think of

[nyfireman3097]

yeah i know im stumped its high up but its been there since day 1
nick

[Aged Salt]

Nick, if you could acess a pix. that might help. If the condition has progressed w/o zeo-dosing, obviously, it's not zeo-related, & therefore, as Sean mentioned, a too harsh flow or photoburn, assuming your parameters have been stable. Bob

[nyfireman3097]

yes to stable and like i said its been there for 4 months was brown does a brown coral have more resistance to high light then regular colored corals ????? same as flow
Nick

[Aged Salt]

Hi Nick, that's a good question Brown corals do seem to be more resistant to light exposure but I've had some with tip loss in the past from too much direct flow. Bob

[nyfireman3097]

so maybe then sense the colony has been gettin its real color back that the light now is too strong and flow also ??? could it be ???
Nick

[Aged Salt]

Nick, did you increase the flow during this time? It's difficult to pinpoint exactly the problem here, but from what I understand, if the coral continued to lose tissue in spite of not dosing any ZEOvit, then, non-zeo causes are at play. Best to place it down lower in your reef, until it recovers. Bob

[nyfireman3097]

will do no i havent same flow since i got it its a thick branching sps so i know they normally are in higher flows
Nick