Poly bailout

[smac0806]

So my hammer coral did a polyp bailout about 2 weeks ago due to my rookie move of not keeping an eye on the salinity. Truth is I somehow put salt water in my jugs for fresh top off water...??‍♀️ That being said, it doesn’t look amazing but it is STILL alive. How long will it take to begin growiv a new skeleton IF it does? 

[Pinner Reef]

I've seen Euphillia come back from very strange circumstances... That said I've never seen one start a new skeleton via bailing from the parent colony. That also being said... It looks pretty content. Soooo IDK really if it'll survive but I'd assume the skeleton would take a couple months before you notice any structure. 

 

I guess it's not a stretch for coral to propagate in such a manner. 

 

Beats me... Free Bump

[Pjanssen]

is there any hard skeleton to them at all? If not, I doubt that it will generate one, although it can live quit a long time like that as long as you feed them and they don't get blown around

[smac0806]

11 hours ago, Pinner Reef said:

I've seen Euphillia come back from very strange circumstances... That said I've never seen one start a new skeleton via bailing from the parent colony. That also being said... It looks pretty content. Soooo IDK really if it'll survive but I'd assume the skeleton would take a couple months before you notice any structure. 

 

I guess it's not a stretch for coral to propagate in such a manner. 

 

Beats me... Free Bump

Thanks!!

[smac0806]

11 hours ago, Pjanssen said:

is there any hard skeleton to them at all? If not, I doubt that it will generate one, although it can live quit a long time like that as long as you feed them and they don't get blown around

No skeleton what so ever. They seem pretty content where they are and I sorta buried them in the substrate. I wanted to wait to see if they survived before I bothered gluing them to a rock. Fingers crossed!