Montipora Self Destructed!

[SuperFudge]

Hi guy`s,

I dont believe it is RTN,

I honestly think that disease is misdiagnosed waaay too much.

In my experience this disease has only shown itself in newly aquired wild caught SPS.

Ive had many corals that have shown signs of fast tissue loss (not receeded) that have cleared up with the acclimation to a different (usually older) system at the first signs.....In RTN, ive never been able to save the main colony thru fragging or placing in a different system.

I think i would look more at a trace element loss or O.D. of some sort....like the accidental addition of kalk/buffer/element overdose.

Or even more likely,a toxin from a nieghboring coral....you could look at LPS "down stream" from your frags for a start.

Was this frag that survived on either end of the three monti frags?


FWIW,ive even seen overnight bleaching due to salt creep!
I had cleaned perimeter bracing and a big chunk of salt creep fell back into the tank and beside a frag,(of course i left it)only to bleach it completely by morning.

Anyways..thinking out loud,Marc.