Should I frag this? If so...at what angle!?

jonnybravo22

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I did not monitor alk / cal, had a slump in water quality and my corals suffered. they started to STN. i fixed the issues, and stopped the STN. tank is crystal clear and parameters are stable.

i'm trying to save the corals i have left, and i'm just not sure how to approach it. There is significant tissue loss, but portions of the coral are definitely still alive and in fact showing a little polyp extension. the most perplexing is the red planet. It encrusted a good portion of the rock it's on prior to the episode. that base still looks to be in good shape, and has PE. but it lost a lot of tissue in other parts. certain portions are covered in algae where the tissue has eroded.

in some ways i dont want to frag because i would probably be cutting off some amount of still living tissue given the shape of it all.

would you frag this? if so where? would you recommend leaving it alone instead? please tell me what you think.

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Fragging?

Fragging?

Yes ; I agree and if you can snip the good tops off and start some new frags of the pieces that have algea in the middle....:hammer:
 
Use a diamond dremel wheel and cut off any dead tissue/algae. The diamond wheel will allow you to precision cut to retain as much live tissue as possible.
 
see the first picture? on the backside of the coral it is eroded almost down to the encrusting base. where would you cut? all of that? the entire branching structure and just let the base regrow it? what will be left after fragging? a big hole? do i glue something?
 
here's what i did. did i do the right thing?

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what should i do now. wait? glue something? epoxy something? cut more? notice the back side (not clearly pictured in these latest ones) is still bare to the base like in the first picture in the thread.
 
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