Bought Monti Cap in Bad Shape - Will it Recover?

[paintballer768]

My LFS has a horrid frag tank that they keep their pieces in. I mean the pieces that break off while they clean and such. So I was there today and saw a small montipora capricornis frag. It was about 1" long, and didnt have much tissue recession or browning, so I bought it. I figure for 5$, what do I have to lose if it doesnt make it.
Right now its in the low section of the tank, under 150 watt metal halides, in a 24 gallon tank (roughly 17" from the light). After 30 minutes of being in the tank, I saw polyps coming from it, and I did not see them at the store. Good sign?
Question to you all is: Does it look like it can recover?
You can see the condition its in, and the current tissue recession...

 

[cichlidkid]

if you have good water quality, i would think it would recover

 

[ifirefight]

If it doesnt work out...let me know. Im in Boynton Beach,and have 6 different caps..I may be willing to frag or swap.

 

[paintballer768]

Originally Posted by ifirefight
http:///forum/post/2454861
If it doesnt work out...let me know. Im in Boynton Beach,and have 6 different caps..I may be willing to frag or swap.
My water chemistry is really spot on. Calcium is around 440-460 usually, alkalinity around 3.8-4.0 meq/L. Everything else at 0, temperature at 78-80 degrees usually. I think it will be ok.
I bought it down at Barrier Reef in their little cleaner shrimp tanks. Everything in there is in really bad shape, and this looked the best in there, and I wanted a monti cap to start out.
Thanks for the offer. I would only buy one off of you, because it wouldnt be right to just take a free frag. Maybe Ill attend one of the PBMAS frag swaps, if they exist.

 

[meemmoo]

My past experience with monti's is that they are pretty hardy and if the polyps are out then you shouldbe ok if you params are on target. Usually if they bleach it's pretty quick.

 

[paintballer768]

Originally Posted by meemmoo
http:///forum/post/2455098
My past experience with monti's is that they are pretty hardy and if the polyps are out then you shouldbe ok if you params are on target. Usually if they bleach it's pretty quick.
The tank they were in was only getting excess rays from their main fixture, with seriously pretty stagnant water. I hope the transition doesnt bleach it to my lights. Its on the bottom so we'll see. Polyps out this morning when I fed my sun coral, maybe he got a few cyclops that were around the tank

 

[meemmoo]

I would have suggested the bottom of the tank and then slowly move it up over time. If it does look like it's receeding sometimes you can frag that part off and save the coral. Polyps are always a good sign

 

[puffer32]

One of mine was completely white, i wasn't sure if it was even alive (got it free) it came back completely.

 

[tangwhispr]

watch the recession, if it continues, cut it off and start with a fresh clean edge. Necrosis is a bad thing

 

[peef]

Yeah the monti I had got a tiny little bit of recession on it when I first put it in. Now the recession is gone and it has grown over an inch in a month. So I think you will be A-OK.
I Totally agree with Tang though.

 

[str8salt]

In my experience monti caps are amazingly hardy. I had a piece about the size of a grain of rice break off and fall into a crevice in the rock below it. I figured that it wouldnt make it. That tiny piece is now about the size of a quarter. Took about two months. If your water quality and lighting is good you almost cant lill them. Take a picture and let us know how it looks in a month.