So a reefing buddy of mine said he was breaking down a 15 year old SPS dominant tank because he wanted to redo his rocks and get rid of his “old” acros and other SPS. He asked me to come over so he could clip up and scale down his overgrown colonies.
As you can see, his rockwork is pretty flat and he has open area on the top where he can’t put anything. I brought another friend and both got a bucket of stuff.
The problem is, some of the pieces he cut had been shaded by others as they had grown into each other. Some colonies have nice beautiful PE while other parts are bleached. For example, a branching monti stem has beautiful growth on a branch where the backside of that branch has completely bleached. I’ve glued the pieces in so that the heathy sides get the most light.
Question is: will the bleaching spread to otherwise healthy parts? I imagine the bleached parts are dead forever. And I don’t want to cut away the bleached parts because of the heathy parts. Anyone have experience with this?
As you can see, his rockwork is pretty flat and he has open area on the top where he can’t put anything. I brought another friend and both got a bucket of stuff.
The problem is, some of the pieces he cut had been shaded by others as they had grown into each other. Some colonies have nice beautiful PE while other parts are bleached. For example, a branching monti stem has beautiful growth on a branch where the backside of that branch has completely bleached. I’ve glued the pieces in so that the heathy sides get the most light.
Question is: will the bleaching spread to otherwise healthy parts? I imagine the bleached parts are dead forever. And I don’t want to cut away the bleached parts because of the heathy parts. Anyone have experience with this?