Spathulata Colony RTNing

[thefullmonti]

Has been slowly losing color, today I notice some RTN at the base of the colony...Everything else in the tank is healthy, including other spathulata [frags]...I hear these types are hard to keep, has anyone had long term success with this sort of sps?

 

[mc-cro]

fwiw, i have had my wild colony for about 8 months, and it is slowly receding from the base up. It has been my experience that wild colonies often have to be chopped up to survive this for some reason I cant explain. I begrudgedly chopped off 2 large branches and mounted them a couple of days ago to see if I could stimulate some growth and avoid losing the whole colony

 

[thefullmonti]

Ya my two other spaths are doing great and theyre frags, I'll Probably chop this sucker up and see what happens, Thanks!