HELP! Is my coral dying?
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It's sometime hard to tell with a new coral, because the polyps may just be retracted. However it looks like a badly damaged coral that has lost most of it's tissue. The large green areas seem to be areas where algae is starting to take over. The small bright green dots are what is left of the polyps. Things don't look good, but sometimes corals make unexpected recoveries.
Did the coral look like this when you got it or was this something that occurred once you got it home? Corals are prone to damage if not shipped properly and in some cases large areas of them can die overnight.
Did the coral look like this when you got it or was this something that occurred once you got it home? Corals are prone to damage if not shipped properly and in some cases large areas of them can die overnight.
It was like this only. I doubt if it is from wild . What do you think
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More than likely a coral that size was wild collected. Most of the aquacultured corals are comparatively small frags. To get a coral to grow to that size from a frag would take years, but it is possible.
Branching corals like acropora will seem to grow faster that corals that are more or less a lump.
Branching corals like acropora will seem to grow faster that corals that are more or less a lump.
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It looks like it is on it's way out. Of course, it's been a personal sub-hobby of mine to purchase dying corals from the fish store at a discount, recover them, and trade them back in 9 months later at far more than what I paid for.
The worst think you can do is to blast it with too much light. I typically dim down to about 30% and work my way back up over the course of 8 weeks.
-Jeff
The worst think you can do is to blast it with too much light. I typically dim down to about 30% and work my way back up over the course of 8 weeks.
-Jeff