Can a stung coral recover??

[Putty]

A friend gave me a coral that was stung by another in his tank. It looks half dead. Can they recover or should I just pitch it? I put it in my tank.

Here it is

 

[StephLionfish]

Well, that is a lps....so you will get more answers if you post it in lps forum....
It may come back if you keep your water pristine...

I'm not sure, honestly, if there is anything you can do to help it recover. Like I said, try the lps forum. There's a whole thread on there about people who bring half dead lps like this one back to life.

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

try spot feeding it some enriched mysis shrimp....not too big though just little tiny pieces...most LPS can recover from this though, you may have to cut the dead polyps off though if the tissue keeps receding...this piece certainly look like one worth saving as the few colours left on it show real promise...

 

[lgtentacle]

As long as you still have a mouth that is attached to the skeleton, then it can recover. Good water conditions, the proper water movement, and a some iodide for tissue recovery will get you there. It's a fairly slow process for them to recover though, so don't expect leaps and bounds in the tissue replacement. They will normally grow a bit off of the skeleton and slowly reattach, but if the skeleton stays clean (no algae growing on it), then the chances of a complete recovery are better. It probably won't grow all the way back to it's original shape though unless the tissue in the bottom portion of the skeleton (from the aspect in the picture) manages to hang in there.