I hate fragging my montis!! :(

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So its time again to frag my monti...

I hate doing that. I hate ruining the perfect circular swirls. Then they start getting jagged and form their own swirls and ruins the circle. :confounded-face:

The top one is almost 20 years old fragged probably a hundred times. I kid you not. I got lazy and some frags dropped and formed more montis. and now i have to frag those guys because they're blocking the light. My bubble coral is always mad and trying to peep out under from the 2nd monti. :downcast-face-with-sweat:

But i just HATE ruining the swirling circles. See all the jagged edges on the 1st monti? Where I chip off, there always grows a little bit of hair algae. The hair algae on damaged edges of the monti is my fault. I've neglected the tank for months and I should seriously do a water change.

Whats the best way to heal fragging montis and have them regrow nicely again?
I know you lose the swirling circle. Poop.

I notice when i neglect the tank, also i get more darker greenish brownish coralline algae on the glass too. When i'm on top of it, the coralline algae is more purple.

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I'm not sure anyone here can help your problem. That said - if this is really an issue - take 90% of it out of the tank, and leave the coral alone where you want it to grow - otherwise - there is no solution. (or you can just let it grow until another one of your corals outcompetes it - which will happen)
 

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