New scoly skeleton showing

Eddiejay · May 19, 2021

Hey guys I just got this new scoly in the mail acclimated and I’m the tank it looked just like it does in the pic when I opened the box and it was in the original packaging ... it’s been in the tank for an hour in the pic ... my parameters are all perfect as listed below . Is this normal for them to look like this will it pull threw ?
Salinity . 1.026
Ph. 8.2
Alk . 9.6
Cal . 420
Temp . 77 -77.4
Nitrate around 2ppm
Nitrite and ammonia -0
Running an ai prime hd
16 inch deep tank lights mounted 10 inches above in acclimation mode starting at 5 percent for 14 days

carmodpg · May 20, 2021

It’s natural, they can be finicky at first like any coral that is shipped. I would ensure that you feed it regularly. Make sure no fish or inverts eat the food you offer (and turn off return and power heads).
I believe a lot of people have had success, including myself, of getting a good feeding response right after the lights turn on (or off). You can try to squirt a pellet on it or mysis. I feed mine mysis, pellets occassiaonly and feed roids. The most important thing is to ensure it’s eating a lot to keep it healthy.

monkeyCmonkeyDo · May 20, 2021

If ur lights have an acclimation mode. Awsome! Use it.
Place in lower.flow.
Looks ruff imo. Good luck! Hopefully itll come back for you
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ssunthar · Aug 24, 2021

Eddiejay said:
Hey guys I just got this new scoly in the mail acclimated and I’m the tank it looked just like it does in the pic when I opened the box and it was in the original packaging ... it’s been in the tank for an hour in the pic ... my parameters are all perfect as listed below . Is this normal for them to look like this will it pull threw ?
Salinity . 1.026
Ph. 8.2
Alk . 9.6
Cal . 420
Temp . 77 -77.4
Nitrate around 2ppm
Nitrite and ammonia -0
Running an ai prime hd
16 inch deep tank lights mounted 10 inches above in acclimation mode starting at 5 percent for 14 days