Disc Coral Zombie!!!!!

[reefforbrains]

I had a Disc coral a very long time ago and it died, I just used it as live rock...
Over time through aquascaping and sticking my arm in the tank it got moved here or there and I never paid attention to it.
It has been sitting in in the corner for a year now just left alone and nothing bothering it.
When I was grabbing frags and rubble to send to other folks I saw it again and was shocked.
What do you think? Is it coming back? They have a reputation for doing this but just seems odd that it would come back a different color. It was a burgundy with orange tenticles before.
Pics are bad but its NOT zoo and NOT mushrooms. It is on no other of the surrounding rocks or subsrtate but groing like crazy with these little purple and bright blue flat discs.
I was going to move it to study it further but decided to just leave well enough alone and revisit it in another month or so.
Very hard to get a pictures but I am very interested in other opinions on this. He almost fully buried in the substrate only about a Half dollar size paice of him showing, thats where the growth is.
Should I spotfeed it brains? Its it a Zombie from my old Disc Coral?

 

[reefkprz]

looks to me like your about to have about 400 plate coral babies. no joke. the colors may shift a bit as they mature. I could be wrong of course and you plate coral is now going to wander around eating all your favia and favites, zombies do like brains.........

 

[reefforbrains]

Originally Posted by reefkprZ
looks to me like your about to have about 400 plate coral babies. no joke. the colors may shift a bit as they mature. I could be wrong of course and you plate coral is now going to wander around eating all your favia and favites, zombies do like brains.........
I hope your right. I have been squeezing my big mellon head between the tank and the wall to watch this thing, it was a bone dead skeleton for a very long time. Like almost two years. I know they have the habit of coming back from the dead but this really suprised me at such intensely different colors if this is indeed a spawning.

 

[puffer32]

I believe they are babies also. Goes to show, never get rid of a coral you thought was dead

 

[grumpygils]

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
I hope your right. I have been squeezing my big mellon head between the tank and the wall to watch this thing, it was a bone dead skeleton for a very long time. Like almost two years. I know they have the habit of coming back from the dead but this really suprised me at such intensely different colors if this is indeed a spawning.

OMG, where did I pitch mine too? Do you think mine could live in the woods for 6 months? I will be back in a minute. Ha Ha
Mc

 

[chilwil84]

they are known for budding upon death so it probably is that but it also has a brain coral (favia, blasto style) look to what is growing haver you had any of that type of coral spawn in your tank i know this is a long shot but from most picture of plates regenerating, budding or whatever you want to call it usually are on the out edges of the skelleton not scattered all over whatever it is it looks good

 

[reefforbrains]

Blastos, opens, closed, tracs, wells, All sorts have spent time in this tank so who knows.
But like I said originally. There is no little buds on any of the surrounding substrate or rockwork nearby. Also the actual skeleton is larger but its half buried. The outer edge is beneath the subsrtate still. I would move it for better look and to pull it from the substrate but if it isnt broke........
Ill check it again and see what makes the best sense before touching it.
Thank you all for the input

 

[kogle]

RFB- I'd just do what you said and give it a few months. No sense in sabotaging what mother nature is trying to bring back.
Man definitely take some pictures of this thing as it grows!

 

[fishgeek01]

if it wouldn't be to much, can we get weekly up dates, this is neat, i was going to buy a plate coral skeleton in a box of live rock, should have...lol

 

[farslayer]

I'd get it out of the substrate, who knows what you will find. If it really is going to be a ton of plate babies, I'd want to expose as much of the original skeleton as possible, but keep it where it is in terms of light and flow.