Save my blue montiporo?

Slackkinhard

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I have a 45 gallon cube, lots of good growth for a couple years, in fact the blue M was out growing everything else. Had to move the tank for the first time ever and drained 75% of the water...made the move without disturbing anything and reset it up. For a couple days, all seemed ok...then a small part of the monti started to die. Looked like mange and over the next week it got bigger and a couple other patches showed up. I did multiple water changes over the next couple weeks and it to stopped getting worse, but no better. No other SPS LPS or softies, clam, fish seem bothered. I went away for a few days, and came back to what I think is cyano bacteria all over the blue Monti. With exception of a few inches of a few branches it looks like a goner. Should I just take it out? Nothing else seems affected at this point, not sure where the red goo came from.
Any help greatly appreciated
 
I see no value in taking it out.
I would run carbon in case one if the softies is sending out some chemicals.
Softies generally fair better in moves than SPS and cyno maybe feeding off whatever may have been stirred up in the sand while moving. At minimum, blow off the cyno.

Since the move are all water parameters on point? Monti hates elevated nitrate and phosphate, in fact hate any changes....
 
I see no value in taking it out.
I would run carbon in case one if the softies is sending out some chemicals.
Softies generally fair better in moves than SPS and cyno maybe feeding off whatever may have been stirred up in the sand while moving. At minimum, blow off the cyno.

Since the move are all water parameters on point? Monti hates elevated nitrate and phosphate, in fact hate any changes....

Nitrates spiked for about a week and I got an algae bloom, but it's back to normal parameters and the algae is under control. I blew off the cyno and vacuumed what I could from the water. Considering cleaning skimmer...it's been a LONG time and it stinks. Will also try some carbon as all I got now are bio pellets in the reactor...everything else seems ok
 
I would frag off the viable tissue and crazy glue it onto a frag plug. It is unlikely the recession will stop at this point. You may be able to save and regrow. Pictures would help.
 
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