Can stuff live on dry live rock for months?

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  1. radgto

    radgto Astrea Snail

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    I just got water in my tank to do it's initial cycle and am noticing little red polyp looking things sprouting from a couple pieces of rock.

    This rock is dead coral skeletons that was from a customers breakdown and I bought it dry at the LFS, I purchased it around January 15th already dried out and just got it in water on Saturday.

    Can stuff live this long on dry rock?

    The polyp thingys are about 1/8inch and purple Coraline colored.
     
    radgto, Mar 14, 2011
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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
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  3. SushiGirl

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    Those were the first thing that showed up on my old rock (6 1/2 years dry in my garage) when I set this tank up.
     
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  4. radgto

    radgto Astrea Snail

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    Those are them!

    Kinda exciting seeing my first life in the tank w/o having live rock seeding it yet.

    I'm really stoked to get some live rock in there now.

    Thanks for the help.
     
    radgto, Mar 14, 2011
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