CB pompeii chalice question

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Does anyone have this chalice?
I have a 4 eye frag of this and I am struggling to find the right placement for it in my aquarium. Can anyone tell me where you have yours? Is it in an area of high/med/low flow, high/med/low lighting, Is it under a rock shelf? On the sand bed? Etc.

Mostly just curious where others are keeping this coral. It is one of my favorites and I cannot seem to find a placement that it loves.
Any thoughts on this would be awesome. Thanks in advance
 
Must chalices are low light can be acclimated to medium. I keep most of my smaller frags on racks under a higher rack covered with higher light frags to shade the chalice rack.

Must chalices require same care. What is this one doing that seems it is not happy?
 
I have a fairly vast collection of chalices, and that is why this one has me a little confused. I had a ph swing around 7-8 weeks ago. a few of my chalice colonies showed tissue receding after the ph spike. All of which have now recovered and the receded areas regrown as if nothing ever happened. This particular piece has not however. I received this piece a week or two before the ph swing, so I had not had the opportunity to find the spot in the tank that it "loved." So now that it has not recovered completely from the ph swing, I am curious if there was anyone familiar with this strand, and under what conditions they have had success. It is one of my favorites, and its flesh just seems a little flaccid, not puffy and happy. It seems very thin. Color is great. Receding of the flesh appears to have stopped, but no new growth. I currently have it in a shaded spot, with minimal flow. I had it there thinking it would heal, and that if I started with it under minimal exposure, then I could begin to move it to brighter, and higher flow areas and then deduce the best spot for it from there. I guess I am looking for a little advise in that regard. A one more detail that may help….I am not seeing the feeders out as often as when I first placed it in the tank, which makes me think it is not getting the sustenance it may be needing.
 

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