cutting my SPS birdsnest

[sweeper7]

I have a dead piece on the top of my SPS due to bad light acclimation so I would like ot cut that part off, can i use a knife? Its my first SPS.

also, ayone know whats up wiht my pulsing sinularia? He was upright when i got him but since then hes been hanging like this as if its losing strength..

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2222562

 

[franklypre]

wire cutters or surgical snips will work much better, honestly I'd just leave it unless it starts to grow algae.

 

[sweeper7]

what happens to it just stays and prevent that part to grow if i leave it?

one reason i want to cut it off is because htere are hairy white stuff on it growing

 

[Smnparish]

Birdsnest is super easy to cut, just some scissors is all you need, I have used those soft coral tissue scissors on birdsnest and montipora setosa before.

 

[Fastcroc]

extremely forgiving coral to frag!

 

[mgdth]

My birdsnest corals are hard as a rock...I have to use a rotary tool to cut through them...I would just leave it and let it regrow over the dead ends...

 

[doosiec]

I just snap it off with my fingers, or some pliers.
Since the tip is already dead, there's not much you need to worry about.

 

[sweeper7]

I used scissors and it worked very simple and easy.

I do have one branch that the very very tip is dead, will new life grow over it or that dead tip will prevent growth on that branch?

 

[doosiec]

The branch is dead, but new life will grow over it.
Your Birdnest will encrust over the dead portion.

 

[sweeper7]

oh so that dead part will eventually be covered?

thats good to know.