recovering "dead" sps is it possible?

[chriss1992]

I have a few sps frags that either completely bleached out or lost all there visible polyps when I had put some sps tester frags in my tank a couple months back. I didn't throw them out because I figured it wouldn't hurt to hang onto them at that point... A couple months later the bleached frags are dull brown is it possible there coming back to life and if so how long does it take to start seeing real color again if so?

 

[Fakegolfnews]

I have a few sps frags that either completely bleached out or lost all there visible polyps when I had put some sps tester frags in my tank a couple months back. I didn't throw them out because I figured it wouldn't hurt to hang onto them at that point... A couple months later the bleached frags are dull brown is it possible there coming back to life and if so how long does it take to start seeing real color again if so?

If it still has a polyp left its always possible. I have a spongates montipora that was bleached and one polyp was left, its now thriving. I will say that spongates is a very hardy sps (its actually less finicky than my acans) this is why i only buy easy corals to keep haha

 

[AZMSGT]

Dull brown could just be diatoms or dinos. Got a picture?

 

[chriss1992]

Dull brown could just be diatoms or dinos. Got a picture?

I'll grab a few later it looks more like acro skin though

 

[Jet915]

yes, i had a tank crash in November. I was on vacation of course, had a power outage and a bad one way valve on my return pump (long story). All my sps turned white. Over the course of a week I did a 100% water change. 6 months later, about half my sps survived and are growing again.

 

[nereefpat]

If there is algae growing on them, count them out. Otherwise I would keep hoping they come back.

 

[hart24601]

It really depends if there is tissue left. It can be hard to tell if an acro has bleached or the tissue peeled off. If bleached thats easy to recover provided the stressor stops. If tissue is gone than it might be something else growing on the skeleton as it has become live rock essentially.