Help rehabbing torch coral!

[SonyaBAZ]

So I got a bicolor torch from the WWC live sale in April. Had it acclimating on the sand bed (first mistake). After a few days on the sand bed my pistol shrimp stole it for his home. I tried to dig around and find it with no luck. I just got home from work and I saw the skeleton poking out of its home, and I noticed it still had some tissue glowing green, so I dug it out. Any tips for rehabbing this back to health? The tissues is very retracted down and there is definitely not any tissue surrounding the skeleton at the base. My lights are already on an 6 week acclimation schedule, I just started yesterday to try out a different lighting scheme (i didn't like the one I had before). Here are my tank parameters

Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrites 0 ppm
Nitrates 8 ppm
Magnesium 1320 ppm
Calcium 450 ppm
kH 11.2
Phosphates 0 ppm (my tank is only 2 months old, I did do the red sea mature and have been dosing nopox as a part of the program. I think I may need to start dosing some phosphates but I am not sure how to even go about that. So advice there is also appreciated.)

 

[andrewey]

Increase your phosphate via increased feeding of fish/coral food. 0 Phosphate is certainly going to make this an uphill battle for coral survival, both because it's not a good situation for the coral, nor is having the number skyrocket up/down as you try and dial it in.

As for the torch, place it low in the tank and hope for the best. Let it acclimate to the light (keep it in low light as it's been in the dark). It has a low chance of survival, but as long as the tank remains stable and your light ramps up slowly, it may recover. Focus on not changing much and keeping the water parameters stable.

 

[SonyaBAZ]

Increase your phosphate via increased feeding of fish/coral food. 0 Phosphate is certainly going to make this an uphill battle for coral survival, both because it's not a good situation for the coral, nor is having the number skyrocket up/down as you try and dial it in.

As for the torch, place it low in the tank and hope for the best. Let it acclimate to the light (keep it in low light as it's been in the dark). It has a low chance of survival, but as long as the tank remains stable and your light ramps up slowly, it may recover. Focus on not changing much and keeping the water parameters stable.

Thank you! I stuck it under the shade of a rock. I guess we will wait and see.