Saving dried up subwassertang

[BlackOsprey]

I left a clump of subwassertang out for at least 12 hours by accident. It's all dried up... will throwing it into water again let it recover, or is it already a goner?

 

[mattgirl]

You probably won't know unless you try. You've got nothing to lose at this point. Hopefully it will survive.

 

[NotSoAggressiveAquatics]

It’s worth a try but 12 hours it pretty long
Does it seem to be coming back to life at all?

 

[BlackOsprey]

Hard to say. It looks the same as before it dried but that might just be pre-decomposition for all I know.

 

[Kribensis27]

Sußwassertang is related to mosses and liverworts, some of which can both recover from being extremely dry for brief periods. I’ve had Java moss come back after being left in the sun for 10 hours, and I’ve had terrestrial liverworts recover after nearly a month of being totally CRUNCHY. It could definitely recover. I’ve never tested it on a fern gametophyte (what sußwassertang is), but it is related to these, so I guess we’ll see.