Derry Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I've seen enough miraculous recoveries of coral I was certain were toast that I never remove a "dead" coral until it gets overgrown with algae. The following pictures illustrate my point. I bought some live rock back around Christmas from a fellow reefer. He pointed to a bare patch and mentioned that it was actually the base of a montipora that had bleached out. I chipped the mystery monti from the surrounding rock and set it on the sand bed of my reef tank to see if it would recover. The first pic is about six weeks after I bought the rock, and it's just starting to blush with some color. The second pic is about a month later, and it's definitely colored back up. Another month later, and you can see the new growth around the edges. The last pic is from about two weeks ago, and now I have a nice, healthy little mini-colony of monti that started off as a bleached-out smudge on a piece of live rock. Moral of the story - there's a reason this stuff has been around for a bazillion years. Give it half a chance, and you'll often be pleasantly surprised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballistic.reefer Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 freaking awesome. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 You remember this piece? I bought the rock from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildman926 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Very cool.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballistic.reefer Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 haha yeah i remember it thats why i was like freaking awesome. lol. man it seriously turned out great. congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Wow! Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) What kind of lighting do you have? I have a monti, too, that bleached when it first moved into my tank. The color is back now, but not much growth. Duncan7 Edited June 22, 2011 by Duncan7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 I'm running two 250-watt MHs with T5 actinic supplimentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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