help please

[paja 55gl]

HI I JUST BOUGHT THIS CORAL ON FRIDAY(,02/24). AND I PUT IT IN MY FISH TANK THE SAME DAY IT OPENED NICE BUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IT LOOKED LIKE THIS PLEASE HELP!!!

PH: 8.2
NO2: 0.00
NO3: 0.00
CA: 450
NH: 0.25

 

[Avi]

What kind of lighting is it on your reef?

 

[paja 55gl]

I HAVE MH 2/175 2/40 TOTAL 430

 

[Avi]

Your water seems fine, though is that ammonia that's showing at .25?

Your lights are probably fine, too, though I did have problems with open brains when I switched from power compacts to metal halides. In fact, the open brains showed more stress when I did that than any of the other coral did. That may be what's going on, if the coral had been in less intense lighting before you brought it to your reef.

You might want to try to target feed it some chopped mysis shrimp.

 

[chrismunn]

what kind of lighting was the coral under before it came to yuor tank?

 

[Avi]

I had it in my tank under power compacts, and then I changed over to metal halide.

 

[Anemonebuff]

My guess is also that the light is too intense.