Sudden SPS crapout!

[caferacermike]

"Is it possible for them to grow so quickly they exhaust themselvs?"...... HUH? I thought Ive heard them all but thats a new one on me! lol. If youre seeing live polyps, its more likely a bleaching event rather than RTN. Usualy RTN will produce obvious sloughing or tissue necrosis, you didnt mention whether or not this symptom was witnessed.

It did. The flesh all fell off. This is not bleaching. It was not witnessed per say but you could see large clumps barely hanging off.

[JimD]

Ouch..... RTN for sure then. I mentioned bleaching only because of the green dots and polyps? Thats weird. If the base seems to be ok, Id probably frag it and hope for the best. Sometimes these things happen for no reason whatsoever, without any explaintion at all. best to isolate it from the rest just for safety's sake.

[hobogato]

i agree with jim, frag the dead part off of the base, make sure to cut a little of the living part off with it. i have had them do this and come back from as few as three coralites on the tip of one branch.

[caferacermike]

OK now I once bumped a colony and broke it's tip. 2 days later I saw a bit of cyano taking hold. Sooooo...... I whipped out the superglue and put a drop over the fresh cut end to prevent cyano or any other nasty from taking hold. Anyone else done that before or am I nuts? Should I attempt to seal what's left from any further infections?

Oh and the couple of bits and pieces are tiny coralites hanging on here and there. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

PS, I'm going to be busy in photo lounge for a bit. Efflo lovers beware.

[JimD]

Yes, super glue is your friend, use it to seal all areas that arent alive to help keep the rtn from spreading and minimise algae growth.