Shredded
Active Member
I read this statement once and took it with a grain of salt but have come to have some belief in it....
Anyone have this happen to them?
I am a beginner, to coral that is. I have had marine tanks since i was 10, glass tank, undergravel filter, corner filter with floss and carbon, and a fluorescent tube, yea I'm old. So kids are grown, new house and I got back in to the hobby. Full blown 300 gallon reef about 14 months old now. I have lost a lot of coral, I feel totally stupid but I think I am learning as things have started to survive and grow. Most of the time, when a stick died, out it came, however, there are a couple of instances where I didn't do that. 3 months in, I bought some random frags glued them throughout the tank and all died. I pulled them out and trashed them. There was no doubt in my mind they were dead. No tissue, totally white and odorless. One however was glued down tight and I left it. Algae covered it, eventually coraline algae turned its bleached skeleton purple and pink. Then, a month ago, I saw a spot on it. Didn't pay much attention but the spot has continued to grow. Yesterday I put on a pair of magnifiers and that coral is coming back after a solid year of deader then dead. So a couple of months ago I bought a Red Planet. I put it about mid level, it went from red and green to red, then to brown. I pulled it down to a lower level but it was too late and it bleached and died. I left it where it was in back. It was quickly covered in the different colors of opportunistic red and green algae. Really disappointed. I hate killing things. While I was looking at the year old coral and freaking out, I glanced at the Red Planet. I was amazed to see polyps and new growth over the old skeleton. It was not just a bleached coral that was just not dead and still had life, it was plating over the old skeleton. Now I am freaked out about all those that I had thrown away. Some were expensive and very nice. Now, this probably wouldn't happen to all but wow, I will never throw another coral away!
Anyone have this happen to them?
I am a beginner, to coral that is. I have had marine tanks since i was 10, glass tank, undergravel filter, corner filter with floss and carbon, and a fluorescent tube, yea I'm old. So kids are grown, new house and I got back in to the hobby. Full blown 300 gallon reef about 14 months old now. I have lost a lot of coral, I feel totally stupid but I think I am learning as things have started to survive and grow. Most of the time, when a stick died, out it came, however, there are a couple of instances where I didn't do that. 3 months in, I bought some random frags glued them throughout the tank and all died. I pulled them out and trashed them. There was no doubt in my mind they were dead. No tissue, totally white and odorless. One however was glued down tight and I left it. Algae covered it, eventually coraline algae turned its bleached skeleton purple and pink. Then, a month ago, I saw a spot on it. Didn't pay much attention but the spot has continued to grow. Yesterday I put on a pair of magnifiers and that coral is coming back after a solid year of deader then dead. So a couple of months ago I bought a Red Planet. I put it about mid level, it went from red and green to red, then to brown. I pulled it down to a lower level but it was too late and it bleached and died. I left it where it was in back. It was quickly covered in the different colors of opportunistic red and green algae. Really disappointed. I hate killing things. While I was looking at the year old coral and freaking out, I glanced at the Red Planet. I was amazed to see polyps and new growth over the old skeleton. It was not just a bleached coral that was just not dead and still had life, it was plating over the old skeleton. Now I am freaked out about all those that I had thrown away. Some were expensive and very nice. Now, this probably wouldn't happen to all but wow, I will never throw another coral away!
