got new yellow polyps.. closed, will they open back up

I got a rock covered in yellow polyps.. When I asked the guy to take it out, I was watching something else and he had it in the open air for about a minute trying to bag it.. what an idiot I know.. anyways, they only cost me 85 cents so its not the end of the world if they dont make it.. Will they open back up if they have been exposed to air, or are they done for?

 

they will be fine. You can have this stuff out of the water for a few minutes man, and it will be fine.

 

good to hear, I was just a little worried.. I swear the people at my pet store are dumb as rocks..

 

I've not watched Inwall's video yet, but if I know Curt, he's answering your question. I've read of people that inadvertently kept these corals out of the water until they nearly dried , and they lived through it. They are very hardy corals.

I'm confident you have nothing to worry about.

 

wow. I guess I will be ok then.. What about acclimating.. It was a steal and I jumped on it when I had the chance.. Should I float it for a few hours and then add it to the spot I want?

 

forgive me, but Im brand new to corals.. this is my first. even though my tank is ready for then in terms of alk, mag, cal, ph, and the other params.. by the way I moved my chocolate chip star to the refug until I can get him a new home because apparently he will devour them..

 

if the salinity of the water in the bag is similar to the salinity of the water in your tank, you can just add them.

 

Start by pouring out enough water in the bag in which the corals reside in your tank so that when you have doubled the volume of the bag, you're still under say, a cup or two of water. Float that bag in the aquarium to achieve equillibrium of temp, and over maybe half an hour or so, double the volume of the water in the bag using tank water in perhaps 25% increments. So, if the bag starts with 8 ounces of water in it, add about 2 ounces, every 10 min's or so, 4 times.

When I've done this, I add a drop of Salifert flatworm eXit, before addition to the tank. But DON'T add the bag's water to the tank. Just use your hand to fish the coral out of the bag and add it to the place of your choice. Some use other dipping solutions. It's personal opinion. You really can't be too safe. Hopefully others will chime in.

 

Especially at the 4 minute 30 second mark when he comes right out and says, don't worry about when you have your corals out of the tank. Then he explains that those corals that are in the video are out in the air for several hours every day at low tide and they are all alive.

Some LPS corals really should be in the air for a short period of time. i.e. the various Euphyllia (torch, frogspawn, hammer) and the Cataphyllia (elegance). However, when I've taught fragging classes, I've had many species of coral out of the water for an extended length of time.