Recovering SPS tips

[hatrix11]

Hi,
So I recently went through a small tank crash, T5 bulbs went bad and as I was in the process of switching tanks I didn't want to invest in new bulbs since I bought new LEDs for the new build. Everything transferred fine and new tank is up and running.
So here is my issue and I'll do my best to describe things well as I cannot provide a pic at the moment. A few of my sps colonies were dying, meaning a few bleached spots and tips. Now they are recovering nicely, polyps are starting to show more and more every day, as well as they are coloring up. However, some bleach spots have started to grow algae, brown algae. Will the coral fight off the algae or should I cut these tips? Its been a couple weeks with no sign of change on the bleach/algae spots.

 

[luke33]

Its totally up to you. Generally if you have tip burn you can leave them be and the tissue will regrow over the burns, but often it grows oddly and looks goofy. If you clip the tips then generally they grow back normally. Either way, if you keep your parameters stable then your good.

 

[hatrix11]

Its totally up to you. Generally if you have tip burn you can leave them be and the tissue will regrow over the burns, but often it grows oddly and looks goofy. If you clip the tips then generally they grow back normally. Either way, if you keep your parameters stable then your good.

Thank you. I wasn't sure if the algae was hindering the growth at all. Going to wait it out, as when I put my hands in the tank I seem to break more things than I fix.

 

[landlubber]

Its totally up to you. Generally if you have tip burn you can leave them be and the tissue will regrow over the burns, but often it grows oddly and looks goofy. If you clip the tips then generally they grow back normally. Either way, if you keep your parameters stable then your good.

didn't know that! good advice.