STN on very large acro colony, what would you do?

[zheka757]

Had this thing growing for several years from tiny frag, now from one area is stn.
Break it apart? Or let it be?

 

[billyocean]

Tough call but you could make a good size frag out of the healthy side just in case. Strange location to stn...perhaps flow was limited due to the size/density in that spot?

 

[zheka757]

Tough call but you could make a good size frag out of the healthy side just in case. Strange location to stn...perhaps flow was limited due to the size/density in that spot?

actually i think opposite hapened, that portion was actually being hammerd with flow

 

[billyocean]

Maybe just monitor it and see if it spreads for now. A frag from the healthy side is advisable though. That way you have a backup

 

[IntrinsicReef]

I would cut it into three pieces. It's a little heartbreaking to chop up a colony, but less so than watching it get eaten alive.

 

[Troylee]

I’d put it through a saw and cut the large colonies off about a inch away from the stn and glue them back together close on a rock… if you decide to leave it it’s just gonna grow algae in the middle and never recover:

 

[IntrinsicReef]

I’d put it through a saw and cut the large colonies off about a inch away from the stn and glue them back together close on a rock… if you decide to leave it it’s just gonna grow algae in the middle and never recover:

 

[zheka757]

if you decide to leave it it’s just gonna grow algae in the middle and never recover:

for this reason alone i think ill cut it off

 

[Troylee]

for this reason alone i think ill cut it off

It sucks but is what it is.. it will encrust back together and then take off the minute it does.