A few weeks back I had a major disaster whick killed all 42 fishes, inverts, and most of my large SPS colonies.
I removed some of the dead SPS skeletons 2 days later.
However, I decided to leave some of the dead skeletons where they were.
I was actually thinking of planting new frags on them as an experiment was told by a few experts it would not work because the algae growth would out pace new tissue growth.
A week or 2 went by and I noticed some new tissue growing on what was the dead skeleton.
I was so happy I decided no to remove all of the dead skeletons.
Every week that went by new tissue started spreading more and more.
In 4 weeks one of the large colonies completely recovered and the other is approximately 90% there.
Lesson learned, when disaster strikes don't be so quick to remove stuff.
See before and after pictures of the dead colonies and the recovered version.
If I was not watching the tank every day I would not believe what took place.
You have no idea how happy I am to see their recovery
I removed some of the dead SPS skeletons 2 days later.
However, I decided to leave some of the dead skeletons where they were.
I was actually thinking of planting new frags on them as an experiment was told by a few experts it would not work because the algae growth would out pace new tissue growth.
A week or 2 went by and I noticed some new tissue growing on what was the dead skeleton.
I was so happy I decided no to remove all of the dead skeletons.
Every week that went by new tissue started spreading more and more.
In 4 weeks one of the large colonies completely recovered and the other is approximately 90% there.
Lesson learned, when disaster strikes don't be so quick to remove stuff.
See before and after pictures of the dead colonies and the recovered version.
If I was not watching the tank every day I would not believe what took place.
You have no idea how happy I am to see their recovery