Is my SPS dying?

[ssick92]

So the coral is starting to get some color back. However, I'm not sure if it is live tissue growing back or some sort of decaying matter. Here is a picture of what it looks like now.

Is this how it should look if it is healing? Or should I frag this part off?

 

[tripdad]

I've never had tissue grow back that fast, only algae. I would frag it off as it is a small piece so better safe than sorry. Sometimes a trim stimulates a branching so maybe you'll get two sprouts where there was one

 

[captjab]

I think I would give it a few more days before I fragged it. It may be algae, but with the color and growth pattern it has I'd guess the coral is healing.

 

[Cmbtmedic1]

another way is to cut a 2L bottle of soda (rinsed) and place a small piece of bait...they can get out after that....that's how I got two coral, fire shrimp eating puffers.

 

[hotsoup]

I would leave it. The a;gae is growing over it which is a sign of recovering

 

[chris88]

That coral will not re grow tissue like an acro or a monti. Birdnest do not encrust. that peice will just become dead and cover with a thin layer of algae. It wont matter, after a while that coral will grow and the very inside branches will become shaded and die anyways. just leave it and after a few months you wont notice it.

 

[ssick92]

That coral will not re grow tissue like an acro or a monti. Birdnest do not encrust. that peice will just become dead and cover with a thin layer of algae. It wont matter, after a while that coral will grow and the very inside branches will become shaded and die anyways. just leave it and after a few months you wont notice it.

Ya the algae growth hasn't seemed to get any worse. It still looks exactly like that picture from earlier still. I'm just going to leave it and hopefully it doesn't make it all worse in the end.

 

[ssick92]

Update: Well the SPS is pretty much fully dead at this point. I'm not sure what happened, it just never got better and rapidly got worse... I think it's just about time to remove it from the tank.