Don’t Give Up On Your Dying Corals...

[Bryson.bobby]

I originally wrote this up for my build thread, but I wanted more people to see how resilient and overcoming certain corals can be if given a chance.


I acquired a small candycane colony from a friend back in February before my 55 gal was cycled. I then decided to put it in my 3 yr old 20 gal nano because I figured it had a better chance surviving, (20 gal only has a hob filter and insufficient lighting for lps). Long story short, it didn’t do well in the 20.

Here’s a pic of it in the 20

I actually posted a thread about the candycane dying and someone recommended me to add it to the 55 since it was done with the cycle and starting the diatom stage.

Here it is after adding it to the 55 (sorry about the picture quality, The pic was originally of the whole tank)

A month or two after adding it to the 55, I noticed that some polyps was starting to recover, as crazy as that sounds. However, vermetid snails started to grow over some of the weaker polyps, causing them to die. (The whole back side of the colony was overran with them)

After an unsuccessful attempt of removing the veremitds, I decided to frag the candycane and left only 3 healthy polyps.

Here’s all of the frags as of 7/25/19

I will continue to post updated on this thread

 

[Crabs McJones]

I have a Jack o lantern lepto that I'm trying to bounce back. Good job bringing yours back

 

[Bryson.bobby]

I have a Jack o lantern lepto that I'm trying to bounce back. Good job bringing yours back

Thank you! I hope your jack o lantern bounces makes a full recovery as well.

 

[Mike Porreca]

I wish I had pictures of the hammers I lost, or thought I lost. They were basically all skeleton, I just left them in there like I had read. Within maybe three months thy grew back better than they were before. It really is crazy what some corals can come back from.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

It really is crazy what some corals can come back from.

Cannot agree more

 

[Auquanut]

Okay. I'll add a story. I got a montipora satosa that kept getting knocked around by my urchin. It wound up on several corals and took a lot of damage. Then one day it just disappeared. Fast forward 3 months, and I found it nestled under my brain coral. It was almost completely white, and there were no visible polyps. I took a chance, and glued it down VERY VERY well. That was about 6 months ago, and now it has completely recovered. It's more than twice it's original size and has awesome color.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Okay. I'll add a story. I got a montipora satosa that kept getting knocked around by my urchin. It wound up on several corals and took a lot of damage. Then one day it just disappeared. Fast forward 3 months, and I found it nestled under my brain coral. It was almost completely white, and there were no visible polyps. I took a chance, and glued it down VERY VERY well. That was about 6 months ago, and now it has completely recovered. It's more than twice it's original size and has awesome color.

It’s insane how much they can endure and still survive

 

[Scotty Buttons]

I had a flame angel nearly destroy all my LPS including my candy canes. With in 2 months of re- homing the angel all my LPS recovered and are doing better then ever. Nature will always find a way.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

I had a flame angel nearly destroy all my LPS including my candy canes. With in 2 months of re- homing the angel all my LPS recovered and are doing better then ever. Nature will always find a way.

Well...I was considering a flame angel[emoji15]lol

Glad it recovered!

 

[jaxredsoxfan]

Nice work being patient, it is so satisfying to bring so nothing back from the brink. Please post its progress going forward!

 

[DJ H]

I’ve gotten a lot of corals threw the years from local fish stores that are dying. I offer them a low price and go from then. The reason is some money is better then no money. I have saved a lot corals I can’t stand to see a beautiful coral just slowly die. If you see a coral you want that is not looking so hot just offer the seller a price that your happy with you would be surprised that most sellers will do

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I had a bubble coral that was a rescue I put it in my main tank and it just got worse, flow was too much anywhere in there. I moved it to my bedroom tank and it looks much better took about a month and a half.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Nice work being patient, it is so satisfying to bring so nothing back from the brink. Please post its progress going forward!

Thanks. Will do!

 

[Bryson.bobby]

I’ve gotten a lot of corals threw the years from local fish stores that are dying. I offer them a low price and go from then. The reason is some money is better then no money. I have saved a lot corals I can’t stand to see a beautiful coral just slowly die. If you see a coral you want that is not looking so hot just offer the seller a price that your happy with you would be surprised that most sellers will do

Sounds like a great idea. I will make sure to try that next time I’m looking to buy a coral.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

I had a bubble coral that was a rescue I put it in my main tank and it just got worse, flow was too much anywhere in there. I moved it to my bedroom tank and it looks much better took about a month and a half.

It’s looking a lot better

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Bump

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

It’s looking a lot better

Thanks, it's got a little way to go yet and I noticed there is a baby on the side of it.

 

[Bryson.bobby]

Bump

 

[Ferrell]

I have a couple that have recovered, a lepto that was just a dot on a 1” plug that is about 1” again and a Firefly Pavona that had just barely grown off the plug when it died. Removed the dead plug and a little morsel had grown to the rock. It’s about quarter size now.
On the other side of the coin, most are purple coralline covered befor I give up and remove them.
They are amazing creatures!!!

 

[Jettareefer223]

My first and only fungia plate’s mouth melted almost completely randomly for sure though he was a goner no before pictures I took me nearly 20 years to own one I was bummed . Now a 1/3 mouth and regenerated a ton of tissue very impressive! Had candy canes like the op come back for the brink from my lobo which also killed other stuff from livestock moving things close to it eventually unwillingly sold it tired it’s shenanigans.

I did find a picture after it had hung on for awhile still wasn’t convinced it was going to pull through. I hadn’t seen it puff up for a solid 2 months it had started to heal but nothing major.
March 22nd 2019.

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