acro with stn growth

[christopherjudd]

I have this acro frag that I think had stn at the base of the frag. after dipping it on revive, seems ok now.

question is will the frag still grow with a dead base?

 

[christopherjudd]

btw the dead base has not spread for weeks now, should I cut it off or let it be?

 

[Tweaked]

one vote for let it be.

 

[Oldude]

If it has stopped I would also say just leave and it should eventually re-encrust back over the skeleton and down onto the plug. To answer your question - yes it should grow just fine without a base.

 

[Bpb]

Leave it be. Some acropora will grow back over their base faster than others. One thing it will NOT do, is repopulate that skeleton. It'll just grow on top of it. I've got some montipora that have had spots of STN in the middle of the colony, that died off, then stopped, but while the coral continues to grow laterally and encrust around it's perimeter, it NEVER regrew over that original dead tissue. Rather unsightly

 

[fishpureluck]

Leave it alone, it should "fix" itself. You may aggravate/kill it by messing with it.

 

[daaznguy]

Agree. Leave it alone!