(Please help) Bird nest SPS coral frag not doing good

[smokingReefer420]

The frag arrived. It looked great. I did dip it in coral revive, and now the tissue was starting to recede. This is after 12 hours in the tank. Any ideas? Any suggestions on what to do to stop the tissue from receding?

Ph8.3
Salinity 35ppt
Temp 78.5 f
Testing the rest today

 

[UMALUM]

That's a very odd place for recession to begin. The first thing I would do is get it away from the three surrounding it. He's got no chance against em. Your parameters and a whiter pic when available could raise something else?

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

The frag arrived. It looked great. I did dip it in coral revive, and now the tissue was starting to recede. This is after 12 hours in the tank. Any ideas? Any suggestions on what to do to stop the tissue from receding?

Ph8.3
Salinity 35ppt
Temp 78.5 f
Testing the rest today

I’d give it a few days. Though it has lost some tissue, the polyps are out. Birdsnest is pretty tough. Double checking your tank parameters is always a good idea too.

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

That's a very odd place for recession to begin. The first thing I would do is get it away from the three surrounding it. He's got no chance against em. Your parameters and a whiter pic when available could raise something else?

Good eye! It very well could be getting stung from those.

 

[smokingReefer420]

Thanks all - after the first night I did move them away from everybody and the polyps are still out today. Did check DHk 8.2

So…
35ppt
8.2dkh
8.3 PH
78.7 f


Checking nutrients tonight after work

 

[MoshJosh]

Probably getting stung by the sweepers that “favia” next to it sends out at night.

Assuming all of your parameters I point, that would guess.

 

[smokingReefer420]

This is what it looks like approximately four days later. I moved it three days ago to the upper rock work and I still have my lights on acclamation mode .

I had a long overnight shift last night that I did not expect so I could not test my water parameters, but I will hear soon. So far.

Salinity 35ppt
Dkh 8.2
PH 8.2
Temp 78.7f

 

[smokingReefer420]

OK, nitrate was 2 and my phosphate was .12 but my calcium is a little low at 380. Dosing now and doing water change today my fear and stipulation of what happened was my dip water got cold and was a lot lower of a temperature as it was only a half a gallon of water and it sat out for an hour before I dipped the coral which went from warm the cold back to warm again finally again in the tank. With this cause this type of issue shock? I’m boiling it down to either temperature shock or it was stung by a LPS.

 

[liddojunior]

Looks like it got stung or damaged with handling. And not parameter issue. Should recover! The polyps are out and not peeling more

 

[smokingReefer420]

Feed reef chili and gave some amino acids to recover what the birds nest looks like today 6 days later.