If I wanna frag a STN SPS colony...

[ervine]

Hi guys,

I've given up hope on my (only) SPS colony ever recovering from STN... the healthy branches are doing well, even splitting into new branches, but the base is basically a skeleton and has even been overcome by algae...

So the decision now is to frag it into several pieces, stick them down to loose rubble then wait... after they stabalize then maybe I trade off a few away..

Thing is I can't remember if I should snip off the branches above or below the STN line... anyone can help?

Thanks!

Ervine

[Achilles Tang]

Above the STN line!

[ervine]

Ah great... thanks!! Wish me luck!! May all the frags survive...

[minsmarine]

If it's STN I would leave it as it. It's not looking good but survise chance is high.

If you grag it there is less chance......

I read somewhere on RC stated that base STN mean you have not enough flow.

[ervine]

yeah I read that too but the thing is some hair algae has grown over the base of the colony (sigh, neglect on my part)... Hm.. maybe I try to clear the algae up first and wait a while longer see how.. coz the tips are doing quite well nowadays...

If I frag just one branch shouldn't be too much damage done to the mother colony right?

[Fireclown]

I had that problem once before, I used a toothbrush and gently scrub off the algae. Followed by increasing the water flow around the colony, be sure to do this gently. STN stopped and it recovered, until tank crashed

[ervine]

I had that problem once before, I used a toothbrush and gently scrub off the algae. Followed by increasing the water flow around the colony, be sure to do this gently. STN stopped and it recovered, until tank crashed

do the scrubbing gently or water flow gently? I assume it's scrubbing...

[ervine]

Okay got it done at last...

The algae was quite stubborn and it had already grown into the very base of the colony, had to snip out a few branches to get to the base to clean it out... might as well, coz I re-planted those branches, hopefully might get a small colony out of them...

Thanks guys...

[andysho]

that is the mystery of Sps

sometimes frag liao ~~ whole colony become white

skeleton~~

[ervine]

Hm the mother colony looks a little bare now but otherwise looking good... polyps extending, likewise for the frags... will monitor over the next few months...