help me save my acan frag

[Piper1]

I am new to acans and I have a acan lord frag that has been in my tank for about a week. When I got it, it had 1 full head, and 3 'almost full' heads. A week has gone by and it has progressively gotten worse. The flesh is receding, the skeleton is showing on all sides, and looks to be on its way out.

Temp stay between 78-80
SG - 1.025
amm, trites and trates @ 0
calcium around 340
dhk - 8.96

Lighting - 72w power compacts in 24g Aquapod

I tried feeding it some mysis, but the tentacles don't seem to come out, and after the one feeding I tried to give it, it continued downward.

I have tried it in low light, high light, low flow, high flow, but it seems to continue to recede.

Could the low calcium be the culprit? Any suggestions on saving this guy? The 'mucus/web release is because I had just moved him in the pic. Guess he wasn't happy to move

 

[ReefJunkieOK]

What is your lighting? I would put at the bottom of the tank and LEAVE HIM! Let him get settled in. Your params look fine. Calcium could use a boost but would not cause this.

 

[vessxpress1]

Yeah, you really should get your calcium up over 400 at least. If mine gets down to 400 I feel like it's too low. That's my minimum.

Try that and in the future, get some Tropic Marin Pro coral cure and dip all new frags as a precaution. Check out this thread from the LPS forum. I just lost a nice frag myself. The TMPCC didn't cure it because I think it was too far gone by the time I got it. When LPS get the brown slime, it's almost impossible to save them. I guess all you can do is try the dip when you get stuff and keep your water quality pristine. You may or may not have this. It's just an idea if the Ca boost doesn't work.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1221983

 

[Piper1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11091972#post11091972 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefJunkieOK
What is your lighting? I would put at the bottom of the tank and LEAVE HIM! Let him get settled in. Your params look fine. Calcium could use a boost but would not cause this.

Oppps, sorry for leaving the lighting out. Edited it into the original post.

72w power compact Aquapod 24g