Can I save this acro?

[wickedfrags]

before fragging it you can try applying some superglue to the base, sometimes this stops STN and RTN.

[mark]

Originally Posted by wickedfrags.com

before fragging it you can try applying some superglue to the base, sometimes this stops STN and RTN.

suggesting covering the white area in super glue?

[wickedfrags]

correct, and overlap the healthy tissue which is not recessing just a little bit in hopes that the glue will stopp the progress

Originally Posted by mark

suggesting covering the white area in super glue?

[MikeP]

I will try this out tonight, I'd much rather save the whole colony rather than frag it.

Thanks!

[fencer]

When an acro RTN's does the tissue actually slough off and is it always botton up. When an acro "bleaches" does it slough tissue off too. I guess what I am asking is what's the initial difference. How can I tell if RTNing or just bleachinig?

[christyf5]

Bleaching isn't really the loss of tissue, the coral just loses color due to expulsion of zooxanthellae and the tissue is still intact. However RTN (rapid tissue necrosis) is the degradation and loss of tissue due to a number of factors (of which we mostly don't have a clue ).

Usually you can tell by closely looking at the corallites of the coral, no polyps usually means RTN (for me anyways). Corals usually don't bleach overnight either they take a few days.

[MikeP]

Originally Posted by wickedfrags.com

correct, and overlap the healthy tissue which is not recessing just a little bit in hopes that the glue will stopp the progress

I did a line of glue along the living tissue and white dead area. This coral was quickly getting worse. The lost tissue was double the size pictured within 2 days. Once the glue was applied that's where it stopped. This was a great tip, thank-you very much!