should i frag my birdsnet coral?

[mos90]

i had a recent problem with some cyano in my refugium. for the most part it is taken care of.

some of the cyano got on the center of my birdsnet coral. i cleaned it of but ive nitice some rtn where the cyano was. it doesnt seem to be spreading yet. should i frag of the good parts of the coral or leave it and see if it heals?

 

[FLESHY]

You can leave it, or try and cut off the RTN right away. I have done both.

 

[mos90]

if it speads anymore ill frag it. should get 3 nice frags out of it. its pretty big.

 

[FLESHY]

You can just always cut out that one area that is effected and leave the rest of the colony unharmed.

What kind of birdsnest do you have?

 

[mos90]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+322+418&pcatid=418

 

[thisissimple]

sometimes the inside portion of these tend to die out anyway, fragging to decrease the internal density a little bit once in a while goes a long wa toward having a happy coral.

Either way, it shouldn't be a problem. These frag pretty easily.

 

[mos90]

i might have to frag it. it seems to be spreading a little. better safe then sorry.

 

[FLESHY]

Agreed. +1

 

[mos90]

I decided to frag it today. What a nightmare. I couldn't cut it with bone cutters the way I wanted to, it kept breaking. But I did get 7 frags about 2" each.