Can it be saved?

lilprincess

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Hi all, I am trying to save this piece and am wondering if it is a worthwhile endeavor or not. I'm not even 100% sure on what it is or what I should do extra to help it out. Any suggestions?

A hammer?
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It is a Euphylliid coral--at the moment it is hard to say whether it is a Euphyllia spp. or branching Plerogyra spp (leaning toward the latter, judging from the skeleton). With proper care, lighting, etc, it can certainly be saved.
 
Parameters: 8.3 to 11 dkh, 400-420 calcium, temp 80, salinity 1.024-6: try frozen cyclopeeze in its neighborhood. It will be slow to come out, but it's not all the way contracted. food and good water will definitely help. I agree with Amphiprion in id: hard to say, right off, but there looks to be life on all those heads.
 
Thanks for your opinions, really appreciate it.
Parameters holding steady at:
pH 8.4
Ca 400
Temp 80
Salinity 1.024
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0.25
Nitrates 10 ppm

And a 10% water change every other day. Tried brine shrimp the other day, but didn't take to it. I have some unopened Cyclop-eeze...guess I'll try that out later.

Hoping for the best...
 
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