RTN or STN, not really sure....

[PhLipStyLz]

hey everyone

just over the weekend i purchased an aquacultured acro colony from a very reputable dealer, but jus today i noticed that one of the tips began to lose its tissue. I looked over the whole colony and found one other spot on the base that also has a little tissue loss. from other threads ive read, some say that if a coral begins to lose tissue at its base its considered to be RTNing otherwise it is considered STN. I myself have no clue hence the reason for the post...

i have a few other acro frags in the tank thats doing jus fine, full polyp extension and everything.... its jus this one new one thats givin me a hard time...

Anyways, i was jus looking for any advice/suggestions as to what i should do...i really love this coral and would hate to see it go

- philip

 

[PhLipStyLz]

Oh btw, here are some specs on the tank jus in case...

its a 30g (36x12x16) with 15gal sump.... I'm using a mag 7 for the return which is connected to a 1/2" sea swirl and have another mag 7 on a CL with a scwd. i also have a seio m620 in the mix jus to create a little more turbulance.... tryning to elimate laminar flow as much as possible (without the tunze....)

so i think i have enough flow in there (over 50x turnover rate)...

and as far as lighting, im running a 150w 14k pheonix bulb in a reef optix III hqi pendant thats hung about 9" above the water surface...

if any other info is needed feel free to ask...

i wanna try to save this colony as soon as i can

thanks in advanced everyone

 

[loc01]

You need to frag the damage area and discard it because it's very contagious. Hopefully you can save the colony, good luck.

Loc

 

[PhLipStyLz]

if i cut the base of the acro (since there is some tissue loss at the bottom) would you recommend using super glue gel or epoxy to remount the rest of the colony??

thanks for the advice btw