Octospawn left it’s base/skeleton????

[firmefatboy799]

What the heck!!! Lights turn on this morning and octospawn was gone just the hard Skelton with a white hole in top then I look about an inch away at the rock work and see the green I think it jumped or fell out and is down in that hole now. Anyone ever seen this happen?!!?? I had a phosphate issue I’ve been solving so it hadn’t been expanding for about a month but just started opening back up and now this? Tank is about a year old but the live rock was transplanted from a 3 year old tank along with the ceramic in the back sections of the AIO tank and sand was live sand from a bag everything else is thriving fine

 

[3sgterror]

My understanding is its called polyp bailout. Coral can sometimes do this when they are unhappy for whatever reason. Could be parameters, could be flow, could be anything really. Its normally a last ditch effort on the corals part.

From the threads I have seen on this, rarely do the coral survive.

 

[Dkmoo]

Yeah this usually happens when coral is super stressed out / unsuitable water conditions. If its already at this point then its already in a bad shape. Sry to say but it probably already too late for it =(

 

[rwreef]

Polyp bailout is what I've always heard this called. I've never experienced it. Typically due to long term coral stress.

 

[RVA REEF]

dont toss the skeleton, sometimes they will sprout new baby heads after bailout

 

[bam123]

I've had this happen from PO4 drops too fast.

 

[40g Nano]

You could put it in a Tupperware with holes in it inside they tank

it could recover(the polyp)

 

[austibella]

My brain coral did that! Then I would hang out under rocks and week's later come out again and become translucent. it also got small and split itself and made 2 of them and would get big again isn't nature incredible!! Well he dissapeared again under the rocks. Be careful it doesn't get caught in your powerheads good luck!