Is this stylo a goner?

nim6us

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I had some incident that killed my large birds nest, this purple stylo was next to it and it had some die off as well. I’ve ran some Pur-It and everything in the tank is now looking happy again.

I pruned back the dead bits of the stylo but the base has died down to the skeleton. I snipped off some healthy tips that I can possibly regrow so that’s something. But my question is do you think the remaining stylo can recover or is it past the point of saving?

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You have STN although stylo does suffer from shading quite easily. It is a very tough coral.
Some possible triggers of infection are:
- Alkalinity spike
- Temperature spike
- Salinity spike
- Low dissolved oxygen
- Poor water quality related with phosphate levels up to 5 ppm
- Change in water flow
- Additions of sand
- Changes in brand of salt
- Bad test kits giving faulty results
- Levels of minor elements such as Iodine, Potassium, Strontium
- Light intensity
- Changes in water flow
- Addition of new corals
- - Pesticides
- Airborne Contaminants or sprays
 

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Ya stylos are tough as nails. Bought a bleached out one for $10 when i was first starting my tank not knowing what it was. Nonpurple on it what so ever. Now it is the biggest coral in my tank. Grows as fast as my gsp.
 
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