Undead leptastrea! C

KonradTO

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 11, 2021
Messages
1,254
Reaction score
702
Location
Germany
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hi all!

6 months ago in the first frag order I made I purchased a burning ember leptastrea. Unfortunately after few months I had some nutrient spikes and the leptastrea looked pretty dead with algae growing in its skeleton, so I just dumped it in a corner of the tank and got covered by sand and stuff.
The other day I wanted to use the dead skeleton for attaching some frags and...
28052022-DSC_8602.jpg

Corals are awesome, they can die off so quickly but come back to life with time and stability. This is actually the second time that this happens to me, last time was with some zoa frags.
Never dump frags, they might be alive!
 
i have one too that encrusted and i thought for sure was a goner. To my surprise its growing new flesh. crazy stuff...
Yes impressive! I hope it goes slowly back to normal and grows, for now it is already going slowly to its old bright yellow color, just few days ago was brown.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%
  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%
Back
Top