Long time dead corals suddenly come back to life

[KrisReef]

I have to wonder if these amazing coral turn around are just tiny examples of what happens in the ocean. There are many reports of huge reefs dying off only to bounce back bigger and better then before

Can't happen in the ocean. The parameters are too unstable out there.

 

[Jeremy420]

Toad stool leathers. They definitely are not happy but wouldn't right them off. Softies can got through a strange period where they will look unhappy and then bounce back. If I remember correctly they do this before a growth spurt. As long as you basic parameters are good I wouldn't be overly concerned. Good luck.

They are 5 days old in my aquarium just started adding food for them lastnight so that’s probably why they appear unhappy I did research after I had them but before I thought they just lived on what was in the aquarium but now I’m on the right track

 

[Lavey29]

Can't happen in the ocean. The parameters are too unstable out there.

Haha yes they are which of course explains the die off in the first place. I'm still waiting for the dodo bird to make a triumphant come back.

 

[KrisReef]

Haha yes they are which of course explains the die off in the first place. I'm still waiting for the dodo bird to make a triumphant come back.

He's out there, probably hiding in my garage actually.

 

[Saffer1]

Wow that's an amazing turn around for that type of coral

I eventually had to get rid of it, it was zapping everything around it. Haven't had a bubble since, those stingers are wicked.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

All the time..... to the point I think twice before chucking things.

Same here. I have a “grave yard” behind a large rock that gets light and flow. Only I can see it, all things go there until I’m ready to call it. I’ve had this happen. Most recently to a galaxy.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Plate coral, didnt grow back but spawned a bunch of babies about 6 months after it had died.

I’ve read numerous accounts of this happening over a year later. I’ll never toss a plate, never.

 

[twentyleagues]

I’ve read numerous accounts of this happening over a year later. I’ll never toss a plate, never.

Yeah they just pop up as little spikes. I didnt notice as it was in the back behind rocks but at about 6-8months they were already little discs on the spikes smaller than a dime. I carefully clipped them off and attached the spike to frag plugs or little bits of rock. I lost half of them mostly from not attaching well enough. But the dead plate produced around 10 more after that which I left attached until they were the size of quarters then they started breaking off on their own.

 

[Bob Weigant]

not so much I my end. I only saw this happen one time for me

 

[SonOfaGoat]

I battled dinos starting in October, quickly lost my hammer, clove polyps, xenia, hairy mushrooms, and many others closed up for extended periods, toadstool, and gsp which still hasn't really opened since, I just see the odd little green polyp. I loved the clove polyps which were the candy corn variety, I bought them with 7-8 heads and it had quickly grown to 30+ heads before melting off. Just today I spotted these tiny little heads.

And here is also a colt or leather of some sort that was killed by my previous hairy mushrooms, the coral entirely melted, but I left the plug in, after a 5 odd months there's a tiny little coral growing again.

I wish I had kept a head of my hammer but I believe they RTN'd which spread to the cloves as they were close. After they seemed lost causes I tossed the skeletons.

 

[Lavey29]

Most of these described instances of rebirth seem to evolve from tissue recession or bleaching instead of polyp bail out. I'm guessing bailout is a different form of survival mode for corals instead of going dormant and appearing dead.

 

[pjr]

That Red Planet (upper right) was a one inch frag that got overrun by another SPS. About a year later it started to grow out of nowhere, which was amazing because it was long assumed dead. A few years later it's a massive colony!

 

[Gellisjr1]

Haha yes they are which of course explains the die off in the first place. I'm still waiting for the dodo bird to make a triumphant come back.

I belive the Australian Tasmanian Tiger is rare but not 100% extinct and nature will bring back there numbers as long as humans leave them alone.

 

[PharmrJohn]

Amazing dude. Name it Lazarus.

 

[PJs_Bucket_List_Reef_75]

Well that's it. I'm not removing any more "dead" frags. As a new reefer, this gives me hope instead of feeling defeated when I lose a coral. Just wish I'd seen this before I took the skeletons out of my tank.

 

[Jeremy420]

Is this algae growing on my rocks or something I should be concerned about

 

[Lavey29]

Is this algae growing on my rocks or something I should be concerned about

No

 

[Jeremy420]

No

No what lol

 

[gbroadbridge]

So I'm sure we have all had corals die in the tank. I have some long time dead corals over 2 years suddenly color up and come back to life. Cyphastrea frag plugs that I glued to the rocks. Torches nuked them. Corals bleached, then browned, then covered with algae. Now over 2 years later they are coming back strong with color again.

Anyone else have corals resurrect?

Yes, I've had a few do that - new polyps just magically reappear after couple of years on dead skeleton or the rock that they were mounted to.