Rtn

[JRistau81]

Hey guys,
I got a 20 frag pack from Reefer Madness and all frags are great, but one of them is RTNing. the rest are all fine. Is there anything I can do to help it?

 

[Shawnts106]

Frag the living tissue off the dieing... if that doesnt help, forget the frag.

 

[JRistau81]

Well I noticed it too late. There's very little tissue left, not enough to frag should I leave it in the with a bit of hope. the last of the living tissue has not RTN'd for close to an hour. Will there be any ill effects of leaving it in to see hoe it goes?

 

[wrassie86]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7562987#post7562987 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JRistau81
Well I noticed it too late. There's very little tissue left, not enough to frag should I leave it in the with a bit of hope. the last of the living tissue has not RTN'd for close to an hour. Will there be any ill effects of leaving it in to see hoe it goes?

I would leave it till theres nothing left.only reason i say is because when i moved 6 month ago, i had one of my favorites RTN but i never took it out.i thought it was completely gone(no flesh at all).but sure as heck it is growing back.Also i had large cap rtn during the move so i took the dead piece and through it my basement sump, the other day i looked at it, and it to is growing back under a HD flourex 65w light.Needless to say i was pretty surprized.I think it only takes 1 polop to survive the rtn event.But it will take years for these corals to go back to what they used to be.

 

[JRistau81]

Ok well for some reason the tip of each branch where polyps should be is still the original purple color where as the rest of it is very bleached. idk if this is a good sign but I think I am gunna give the poor thing a chance. On a different note has anyone ever seen a white acro. One of the frags is white with yellow, fully-extended polyps?

 

[thebicyclecafe]

People say that if you cover the dying tissue with super glue gel it may slow or stop the RTN.
Keep it in the tank, by all means, it can't hurt. I've had a small colony of acro that came in already "RTNing" and I am seeing that the tissue that remained is polyping out.
If the coral grows back out, it will be more hardy.
There are some acros that have a lot of white on them, along with some sort of color though... I'm not entirely sure what to say, a picture would really help.

 

[JRistau81]

Alrightey I will try to get a good one.