RTN questions

maroun.c · 07/05/2009, 11:44 AM

IF yo uhave a coral with RTN or STN would you just take out the affected parts or immediately frag the whole colony in many frags and hope some fo them make it?
Got one new colony that with STN I believe as every couple of days a new brach becomes white and even after removing all affected parts two times I have a new branch become white today? is it still worth taking those out or do I just frag the whole thing in smaller pieces? if just taking out the affected parts is enough how many times would you do that before giving up on the colony?

luther1200 · 07/05/2009, 05:42 PM

I would first try to cut out the bad part. If I couldn't I would get as many big frags as I could and mount them all close to each other. With the hope that they would grow together.

Or if its just a tiny spot you can put crazy glue or the CG gel on the area and go into the good flesh a little and sometimes that with "cure" it. I actually just did the CG trick and it seemed to work so far.

07/05/2009, 11:44 AM	#1
maroun.c Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lebanon Posts: 6,111	RTN questions IF yo uhave a coral with RTN or STN would you just take out the affected parts or immediately frag the whole colony in many frags and hope some fo them make it? Got one new colony that with STN I believe as every couple of days a new brach becomes white and even after removing all affected parts two times I have a new branch become white today? is it still worth taking those out or do I just frag the whole thing in smaller pieces? if just taking out the affected parts is enough how many times would you do that before giving up on the colony? __________________ 390 G mixed reef build Current Tank Info: 390G mixed reef

07/05/2009, 05:42 PM	#2
luther1200 Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NJ, shore Posts: 4,376	I would first try to cut out the bad part. If I couldn't I would get as many big frags as I could and mount them all close to each other. With the hope that they would grow together. Or if its just a tiny spot you can put crazy glue or the CG gel on the area and go into the good flesh a little and sometimes that with "cure" it. I actually just did the CG trick and it seemed to work so far. __________________ Matt, 65G reef tank Current Tank Info: 65g reef, mix of sps, lps, few softies. Hoping to upgrade within the year.