How long do you wait?

[shovelhead91701]

After screwing up my tank...... (see my reef thread) it appears that so far the only thing in real jeopardy is my pink bubble coral...... it is showing a lot of skeleton and the bubbles are all closed up to practically nothing..... how long would ya'll wait to pull it out? I don't want to give up too soon but after already stressing the tank out I don't want to leave it in there too long either.

[ReeferRob]

Wait did you just say PINK BUBBLE CORAL? I haven't seen one.....well in 5 years since mine died. Been on the hunt ever since.

Other than that should be fine until you start to see torn flesh, melting etc.

[XSiVE]

LPS, don't remove it.. they have this strange ability to keep on living through disasters, or spawning new baby polyps..

examples:
My plate coral died, I left it in the tank now ive got about 200 baby plate corals
My Favia has dead skeleton(or so I thought) in areas that used to be in the sand, I moved it, and recently Im seeing completely new polyps growing in those spots, unattached to any currently living flesh on the outside of the coral.

[shovelhead91701]

thanks guys...I am a worry wart I guess..... about 1/2 the bubbles are filled out again since the salinity has finally gotten back into range.