What are the chances of this monti ‘mystic sunset’ recovering tissue?

[Necrodaemus]

My tank was moved to the new house today and I had a little mishap with this Montipora ‘mystic sunset’. It was partially encrusted to rock but I guess it wasn’t attached as well as I thought. It was laying in the bottom of the bucket with rocks and water and it appears to have gotten banged around. Will this tissue grow back over?

 

[vetteguy53081]

My tank was moved to the new house today and I had a little mishap with this Montipora ‘mystic sunset’. It was partially encrusted to rock but I guess it wasn’t attached as well as I thought. It was laying in the bottom of the bucket with rocks and water and it appears to have gotten banged around. Will this tissue grow back over?

This one had some damage and bald areas a few months ago- this is it now

 

[Necrodaemus]

This one had some damage and bald areas a few months ago- this is it now

That definitely gives me hope. It had been doing so well and growing fast and then this…

 

[vetteguy53081]

That definitely gives me hope. It had been doing so well and growing fast and then this…

Assure calcium no less than 409 and moderate light- medium flow

 

[Gtinnel]

Mystic sunset is fast growing and hardy IME. I would expect it to recover.

 

[MischiefReef]

I wouldn’t worry, montis are pretty tough, it should bounce back!
I’m in a similar if not worse situation. Dropped the ball on a recent frag session and left a bucket of monti caps soaking in unheated overstrength dip for almost 24 hours. Yesterday they were super sad looking, completely bleached bone white with brown stuff peeling off, I did a quick light dip in peroxide to stop any STN. Today they are already looking a bit better, with some color coming back in patches, I’m fairly confident it should recover.

sorry not the best pic, you can see the digitata and orange cap looking terrible. I’ve had stuff come back from worse than this.

 

[pandaparties]

My tank was moved to the new house today and I had a little mishap with this Montipora ‘mystic sunset’. It was partially encrusted to rock but I guess it wasn’t attached as well as I thought. It was laying in the bottom of the bucket with rocks and water and it appears to have gotten banged around. Will this tissue grow back over?

I had a monti completely bleach and lose its polyps like 6 months ago. Completely recovered, colored up and has grown substantially! SPS are good at recovering and people give up on them too soon in my opinion. Haven't had the same luck on lps though and typically once they lose polyps they are goners

 

[Necrodaemus]

Thanks everyone! It’s already on the mend and looking much better today. Most of the bare spots have healed over with new tissue.