Is my sarmentosa dying?

[nstd]

this is the coral under daylight spectrum

 

[Triggreef]

Left side dead

 

[nstd]

It's under high light and flow. Do you think that's why it died?

Should I cut the dead portion off?

 

[twilliard]

I would check for pests

 

[BrotherSheepDog]

I had the same problems with my sps. Random parts of my sps colonies would start to die and slowly the coral would wither away. It was very hard to see signs of pest while the colony was still in the tank.
I denied having pest and kept blaming other things.

Turns out I have aefw and man I wish I would have taken action sooner.

 

[nstd]

Should I cut the dead portion off and dip it?

 

[BrotherSheepDog]

If its a small frag I would take the whole piece out and dip it

 

[Triggreef]

In Bayer. Bayer advance.

 

[gar732]

Have you had any swings in parameters lately? How are your nutrients, and algae problems? I don't see any bite marks or anything so I'd also look at other factors. If aefw you'll see eggs along the edges of good tissue. It's always good practice to keep an eye out for pests but I'd look at other possibilities as well. The frag looks like it is bouncing back/or declining from something.

 

[nstd]

I got the frag in December. In a week I noticed part of the frag was turning black (under my 20kish light spectrum). It is slowly declining.

My alk and are stable. Nutrients are 0 but I do have some hair algae. Some of the algae was near the frag.

 

[BrotherSheepDog]

You can see bite marks better if you take the coral out of water and take a picture with flash away from the tank lights. That's how I saw my first bite marks after months of denial.

 

[nstd]

Pic with flash. See any bite marks? It's currently bathing in coral rx

 

[BrotherSheepDog]

I don't see any

 

[nstd]

Possibly stn? Should I clip the dead parts,refrag what's left, or leave it be?

 

[BrotherSheepDog]

Did you see anything come off when you dipped? If you didn't and all Params are in check, I would just leave it be and not stress it anymore

 

[nstd]

Thanks bsd!

 

[Salty1962]

I would put it lower in you tank for a short time and let it heal on it's own instead of stressing it further by cutting on it. If it's healthy enough to survive on it's own, it will come back better that before. JMO