Montipora Self Destructed!

[One_Divided]

IMO, sounds like another case of RTN (rapid tissue necrosis).. The skin will start litterally peeling off and a colony will be a white skeleton within a day or two. Many sps corals are quite suseptable.

I recommend you get the dead skeletons out of the tank asap or else there is a chance of further spreading to other sps.

The frag from the monti should do fine as long as it is sealed off to any area of prior infection.

RTN is generally thought to be stress induced.. Can you think of anything that may have occured recently that was out of the ordinary? sudden water chem change? temp? excessive light?

I'd recommend doing search on reef central for more info. good luck!

[ 23 February 2002: Message edited by: One_Divided ]</p>