dried out coralline?

[squirreloso]

can coralline on once live rock come back to life even if its been dried out for a very long time??
the rock is thoroughly dried out, no smell, but the coralline algae on it is still bright purple.
can it come back to life and seed my tank? or will it just wither away?

 

[scsinet]

It's dead. When exposed to saltwater again, it will bleach white and slowly dissolve back into the water.

 

[michaeltx]

unless its not really coraline I have been running into rocks lately that are dyed the color of coraline that unless you know what you are looking at you wouldnt know the difference of it and true coraline.
Mike

 

[squirreloso]

Originally Posted by SCSInet
It's dead. When exposed to saltwater again, it will bleach white and slowly dissolve back into the water.

oh ok thnx
will it take a few weeks or so to bleach white??
the rocks are dried out (once live) fiji rocks (marco)

 

[michaeltx]

it could start bleaching white within a few days to a week or so it wont take long though.
mike

 

[squirreloso]

so its def dead? no chance of it seeding my tank and making my glass all corallined??

 

[michaeltx]

o yeah if its dry its dead no doubt about that one. it will how ever give a good base for new coraline to grow pretty fast on.
Mike