Live Rock question

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I just purchased a few more pieces of live rock for my 30. On one of the pieces I can see Zoanthids (is my guess to what they are) that are closed up and haven't opened yet. What are my chances that some are still alive?

[RobNJ]

pretty good, get off the computer and get them in the water

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Theyve been in the water since about 1 this afternoon. I didnt even notice them until I was feeding my clowns and was really checking out the rock, they are very sporadic but I counted 16 that I could see. So they were out of the water for about 20 mins from my drive back from the LFS. I hope they live because all I got with my other rock were 2 sea squirts so far.

[jjmg]

20 mins out of the water shouldn't hurt them at all. Just give them time to settle in and they should open up fine.