finger leather!!

hey guys question??? I have a finger leather coral the bottom part that attaches to the rock about 1inch is brown and woody and splintered...is this normal for a older coral??? should i chop this off and reattach it to a rock???

anyone had this issue is it normal???
 
mine is like that only because it fell to the bottom of my sump and got deprived of light. by the time I found it, it was dark, skinny, and splintered. I just epoxied it to another rock in the display tank.
 
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