Dead coral? or just bleached?

danschargers21

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Have had this sps for about 2 months... it never had polyps or anything which i thought was weird... I has however grown a decent amount in the 2 months so I figured it was fine. The other day I noticed it looked like this... is it dead?
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it has RTN, or rapid tissue necrosis. This is common in finicky sps corals. Basically its tissue leaving the skeleton of the coral in a quick amount of time. If you say it had grown before it started to RTN, have you changed anything recently? When a sps corals stressed out, it will RTN. So most likely, the coral does not like where it is now, and wants a better spot.

What are the conditions the coral is in now? Please give us a list or parameters. Is it up high, low in the tank? How much flow is it receiving? A coral that has RTN can be saved, but it will take a long time of having the right conditions.
 
It is high in the tank. I did move him there recently.. he was closer to the bottom before and this did not happen. I might just through it away it is rather an ugly coral haha. I guess I will move him back to his original spot and see if he gets better.

Thank you
 
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