Name this sps coral.

[20 gallon nano]

I barely see any polypes on it either. Is that normal?

 

[Tahoe61]

Not looking good, but some corals may not show any pe. Looks at the base, the encrusting area on the plug at night to see any possible polyps.

 

[20 gallon nano]

It's been that way from the start even at the lfs. It looks like Pink Panther Acro but its white.

 

[kacrocorals581]

looks super dead to me

 

[D maul]

I'm surprise the lfs store sold this to you looking like that. Don't go there anymore.

 

[20 gallon nano]

Lol. I still see very small polyps coming out.

 

[20 gallon nano]

I don't know the name of it. It could be originally white. I see small green polyps coming out of it.

 

[cu455]

Looks dead to me too. Can you get a close up shot of the polyps? It would be pretty cool if it was a white acro with green polyps.

 

[20 gallon nano]

This is the best I can do. You can see the small green polyps on it that are barely visible.

 

[Rob.D]

It looks very bleached, which is not a good thing. On the "bright" side, if the polyps have some color that shows a sign of recovery or is no longer expelling the zooxanthellae algae. Try not to bother the coral at all and keep your water quality in pristine shape, the coral might turn out to be a stunner.

 

[20 gallon nano]

Are you saying there is no white sps corals?

 

[Rob.D]

Are you saying there is no white sps corals?

There are NO white corals.

 

[TankRazr]

Although this coral looks like its hanging on by a thread, it certainly doesn't look like it is on a good trajectory for survival.

Judging by the appearance of the zoanthids in the background, specifically the stretching and lack of tight compact growth, I'd say insufficient lighting could be a significant contributing factor.

I think the best course of action to save this piece would be to find a better home for it immediately, until you can provide an environment that would allow it to thrive vs. just barely hang on. Otherwise you'll likely end up with a pure white coral.

TR

 

[20 gallon nano]

Being new to this hobby, I did not know that. Can anyone identify it atlease so I can find the care level for it and maybe get it back to life? Does anyone have suggestions?

 

[20 gallon nano]

I always thought my lighting was good enough for the corals, I'm running a t5 4 bulb aquaticlife light fixture.

 

[TankRazr]

I always thought my lighting was good enough for the corals, I'm running a t5 4 bulb aquaticlife light fixture.

I would think that would be adequate as well. What bulbs and how old are they?

 

[FarmerTy]

Paul, to identify it, we'd need a healthy specimen with full color and also a bit more growth to see the growth pattern. It's not that nobody wants to ID it, it's just almost impossible to do so in its current state.

 

[20 gallon nano]

I have a aquablue and two blue plus from atiaquaristik.com . the forth one is burned out. These bulbs were here ever since I bought the light fixture. That was like a year ago and I don't know how long the previous owner had them for.

 

[20 gallon nano]

Paul, to identify it, we'd need a healthy specimen with full color and also a bit more growth to see the growth pattern. It's not that nobody wants to ID it, it's just almost impossible to do so in its current state.

That makes sense, I hope it restores its color. I don't know why my lfs would even sell it to me in this condition. I'm not buying them over there anymore.

 

[Longnose Hawkfish]

Looks like an acro