Coral left out for over 24 hours

[Mr Cob]

So, I made a few quick frags from our Orange Leptastrea colony, added them to the tank and re-glued the mother colony to some rock.....but I forgot to put the mother colony back in the tank. I didn't realize it until the following day which was a little over 30 hours...hopeful, I added the colony back into the tank.

This is after one week: (see the orange polyps coming back?)

[CoryDude]

I've heard of gsp doing that, but not this. Guess this is a pretty strong coral.

[Bill S]

In nature, they are often exposed to air AND sun, for several hours at a time.

[avilamillar]

That happened to me with an encrusting montipora. Though not that many hours, and it survived.