Acan echinata dying??

[epicfish]

I just got a large piece of an orange crush acan echinata from a fellow reefer. It's been in his tank for ages....I only got it 3-4 days ago.

I'm not quite sure if there was any tissue recession when I acquired the piece, but I think there was some dead skeleton on only one edge of the piece. I've had the piece for only a few days so I doubt it could've died in that short of a time.

I'm starting to see the tissue turn a bit white on some of the polyps. When I aim a powerhead at the white areas, the tissue blows off of it...so I'm thinking this isn't a good thing.

I acclimated the coral when I brought it home and I only noticed some of the polyps turning white today.

These are my first few acan pieces so are there any common reasons why this could happen? And how can I save the piece?!

Thanks.

 

[Purple Haze]

What type of lighting is it under?

I have the same piece and have it at the bottom of my 24" tank under 250w 14k DE in low flow.

Have you tried feeding it? (mysis, brine, etc)

 

[one8thscale]

This has happened to me and I had to frag mine to save it. Keep an eye on it, and if more of the tissue continues to die or bleach after doing everything else to save it, bring out the dremel and frag the healthy heads that are left.

 

[epicfish]

It used to be under MH lighting in a pretty deep tank (~26" I think). Now it's about 12" from the water's surface under PC lighting since my new MH trips the circuit breaker when it comes on.

It extends tentacles and takes bits of food like brine. I'm keeping a close eye on it to see if anything else happens.

 

[jski711]

have you checked your phosphates. acans are really touchy when it comes to phosphate. i'll bet your phos levels are higher than you would like them.