Help with new Scoly

[Robg139]

Hello I would please like some help as this is my very first scoly I’ve ever owned. It’s skeleton is showing and lost all color on the outside of its body. It’s very pale but the color on the mouth and inside of the scoly is still holding up. Here is a picture. I believe I stressed it out by feeding while it was stressed as it was only in my tank a day before I tried feeding it and should have waited.please help, it’s at the bottom of my tank in the sandbed. My alk is at a steady 9.4 , ca is 425, po4 is .03 and no3 is 10 ppm. Temp is at 78

 

[motortrendz]

Maybe too much light?

 

[Jvesche20]

How long has it been in the tank before? I don’t have a lot of experience with them but the little I do have I’ve never seen one show it’s skeleton in one day. Do you have a pic of when you first got it?

 

[JMM744]

What about flow? I agree with the above, awful fast to see the bones.

 

[JohnnyKnuckles]

How long has it been in the tank? Has this been a gradual change for the worst daily since day 2?

 

[Robg139]

It’s been in the tank for 5 days. Looked fine the first 2 days then gradually got like this. No it’s not in a high flow area at all. Here it is the second day I had it right before I fed reef roids. For the last 2 nights I’ve noticed my emerald crab on it I’ve had to move him both nights.

 

[JMM744]

I would get the crab out or in a acclimation box till the coral recovers. It’s a real beaut . You can dip it in iodine bath if you want but I have found Scollys a bit touchy so nothing drastic. Keep stuff from picking at it or bothering it. Low flow (you got that) and low light. Don’t give up on it either. They can regenerate as long as there is flesh left.

 

[Jvesche20]

What did you feed it? Ive seen coral pellets kill scollys. If the scolly isnt in the mood to eat and you put the food on the scolly and let it sit there it can melt and destroy the scolly

 

[LetItReef]

What type of lights and how did u acclimate it? I have Kessil 360 and new corals must be slowly acclimated.
I would move it on a less light with less flow.

 

[Retro Reefer]

Low flow, med/low light, feed only when tentacles are extended usually at night..

 

[Robg139]

What did you feed it? Ive seen coral pellets kill scollys. If the scolly isnt in the mood to eat and you put the food on the scolly and let it sit there it can melt and destroy the scolly

This is exactly what happened I think. It was new in the tank and looking fine before I fed it and the reef roids were all around the outside just sitting there after I came back a couple hours later I blew off the rest when I saw this but guess it already did it’s damage.

 

[Robg139]

What type of lights and how did u acclimate it? I have Kessil 360 and new corals must be slowly acclimated.
I would move it on a less light with less flow.

Yea it’s already on 50% acclimation mode with par levels well below what it can handle and barely any flow on the coral as of now. I have AI Prime HD

 

[Robg139]

Today it’s looking almost the same maybe if anything a tiny bit better. Where there was skeleton yesterday today there’s some tissue that inflated back up to cover some of the skeleton so hopefully a week or so it starts to get better. I’m leaving it we’re it’s been in the tank as it’s low flow and acclimation mode is on my light. I put the emerald crab that was bothering it in an acclimation box. I’ll just keep an eye on it and I did dip it yesterday in a more diluted iodine dip. Which seemed to not bother it so much which was good. I’ll take a picture tonight to show what you guys think.