I went and visited some petstores yesterday and I was looking in a tank and i noticed a bright green acro shoved behind the rock work... I mean it was bright green... I asked the worker if it was for sale thinking it fell behind the rocks by accident... He said ohhh no its dead,, I said really!!!!! I have never seen such a bright color of a dead acro,,, Dont they usually go all White and eventually brown? Ok so I walked through the store and I kept thinking about that supposed dead coral... Like a dumby I asked if it was dead I would like to take it home lol... I felt so dumb....he looked at me like ok...
He said it is dead because it doesnt have any tissue??? Well I noticed alot of acros in stress look very much like sticks...
So needless to say I braught this dead coral home... I really dont think it is dead.. If it is Im gonna be soooooo embarrassed... But the coloring is so bright. Well I put it in the tank and it had a dicharge (white) coming out of the tips where I touched it..
So back to the regular question... How do you know an acro is dead..
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