fragging sick acro

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I am just getting my feet wet with SPS corals and tried to rehab a large acropora, It was only a few dollor.
It had a small white(dead) area on its base when I bought it, the fish store told me that they did not think it was RTN because it had a layer of algea around it, so I purchased it anyway. since adding it to my tank the area has over doubled in size and looks like the coral will not make it if I do nothing.
I have read it is best to frag the acro for the best chance of survival, is this correct?
Also I have never intentional fragged a coral what is the best way to break it without causing further damage? and do I frag in to good tissue or just where the die back occurs.

Thanks
 
[http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=45529&highlight=vitamin]
This is a link to a post about dosing vit c. I had a acro that was rtning. I started dosing vitamin c as directed in this post and it stopped the rtning in it's tracks. The coral is alive and growing. It was pretty amazing. I have never been able to stop a coral from rtning untill I tried this.
Good luck with your coral.
Mary
 
thanks! I will try this and see how it turns out. How long until I should see a change. Do you think this is a better idea then fragging?
 
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