Will hammers (corals) grow into old skeletons?

[dnprall]

Lost one head of this hammer yesterday for an unknown reason. I took it out last night and dipped it in Revive (Two Little Fishes).

Today, it looks a lot better and extended.

Will it grow back into the old skeleton?

 

[bobnicaragua]

Possibly.

 

[Gtinnel]

They can. I have a hammer in my tank that had two heads die and now one of those heads has tissue in it again.

 

[bushdoc]

Slim chance

 

[kurbanas]

I have had a hammer with a skeleton that looked just like that that recovered nicely.

 

[fish farmer]

My experience is the old head stays dead and the live ones continue to grow and eventually shade any old dead skeleton.

 

[blecki]

No. It only grows back if that head is not completely dead; and it will not re-incorporate the exposed skeleton - it will grow new skeleton on top of it.

 

[GlassMunky]

Lost one head of this hammer yesterday for an unknown reason. I took it out last night and dipped it in Revive (Two Little Fishes).

Today, it looks a lot better and extended.

Will it grow back into the old skeleton?

That looks like a wall hammer…. Once those start to recede there’s almost no chance of saving it.

 

[Trixter227]

No. It only grows back if that head is not completely dead; and it will not re-incorporate the exposed skeleton - it will grow new skeleton on top of it.

This^ the euphyllia excrete the skeleton from the underneath. They will not grow over or recover the skeleton. Possibly grow a "new" skeleton if it can recover. Sadly doesn't work out so often..

 

[Reef-_-Noob]

If it survives it will grow back

 

[dnprall]

That looks like a wall hammer…. Once those start to recede there’s almost no chance of saving it.

This morning I took it out. Most of it had let loose off the skeleton.

I just wish I knew why the sudden change.

 

[GlassMunky]

This morning I took it out. Most of it had let loose off the skeleton.

I just wish I knew why the sudden change.

Wall hammers are notorious for randomly receding and dying
That’s why most people only have the branching varieties. They are MUCH more hardy

 

[Cell]

Dead is dead. If it grows back, it was not dead. Once a branching hammer head dies, it won't get repopulated.

 

[dnprall]

Wall hammers are notorious for randomly receding and dying
That’s why most people only have the branching varieties. They are MUCH more hardy

Didn't know that. Learn something new every day!

 

[rico.1985]

Didn't know that. Learn something new every day!

Leave the old skeleton in the tank. New heads will regrow from the old skeleton. I had a salinity issue which caused some heads to bailout. Been slighly lazy i cudnt be bothered to frag the old bits off. Glad i left it because now i have loads off new heads starting to pop up on them.

 

[rico.1985]

Didn't know that. Learn something new every day!

Leave the old skeleton in the tank. New heads will regrow from the old skeleton. I had a salinity issue which caused some heads to bailout. Been slighly lazy i cudnt be bothered to frag the old bits off. Glad i left it because now i have loads off new heads starting to pop up on them.