Lily came back from the dead?

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I am new to plants and not much of a gardener so excuse me if this is a silly question but… I had a red dwarf lily bulb in my tank, it eventually “died” when I added a very fast growing plant (bad with names so can’t tell you what type of plant) anyways I really loved the lily so I took out the problematic plant and got a new lily which is doing okay and is very much established. Well now I’ve noticed my first lily has come back, a couple little red leaves showing up where it used to be! Is this normal? It is in a 29 gallon tank so I’m thinking two might be too many? If I move it out it would have to go into my shrimp tank (10 gallons) and would probably hog all the light and possibly outgrow the tank.
Pics of tank and zoomed in attempt to photograph the baby plant.
 

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A lot of plants including lilies will melt when added to a tank. Dont take it outc and put it in a new tank for a while let it grow a bit and they both should both should grow runners.
 
I bought a used tank a year ago, and it had been dry for about 2 weeks, I transferred the substrate to a different setup, and during the cycling period I had the Lily's make their way to the surface! Imagine my surprise at the buds rapidly turning into these gorgeous plants!
 
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I guess maybe it melted, or possibly decided to go dormant….. looking back at pics, it looks like it died between planting in late August 2021 and by end of October it was gone, losing a leaf at a time. But it’s cool it’s back now over 6 months later and I’ll let it grow before moving it to another tank.
 

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