Help to identify this coral

[juanmanuelsanch]

Hi all! I just picked this coral from the LFS. It was not looking good and I want to recover it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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[mcgyvr]

Scoly

 

[Haunt]

The link below might help.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/11/inverts

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

ok. Does it looking decent? Where should I position it? At the moment is in the sand bed in a rather moderate/random flow zone of the tank. I could see some tentacles in the night. I will try some direct feeding of mysis and processed seafood mix that I made.

 

[mcgyvr]

See the "Aquarium Care" section in the article Haunt posted above..
It should get you started..

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

Well I just fed it and it took the food. That's a good sign, even if I had to be vigilant of all the scavengers around ready to take the food out of the mouth.

I will do another feeding in the afternoon.

Thanks for the article

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[mcgyvr]

It looks just fine..
Just not as "colorful" as others I've seen but I don't see any exposed skeleton,etc...

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

It looks just fine..
Just not as "colorful" as others I've seen but I don't see any exposed skeleton,etc...

There is a lot of exposed squeleton, specially in the center. It's just not that visible in the photo.

I will try to get a clearer picture

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[juanmanuelsanch]

Here are some pics. I hope you can see what I mean

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[Kremis]

doesnt look too terrible..... good luck

 

[JustinM]

It looks somewhat deflated. Scolymia doesn't like too much light. Is it possible to move out of the light just a little? It might help it heal. Also, are you able to get a feeding response out of it? I always fed mine but you can't force it to eat so to speak.

They are very slow growing corals so it might take a long time to heal. Low light, medium flow, and some supplemental feedings with mysis, small shrimp, etc.

 

[eastlake]

There was a thread on here, I'll see if I can find it, about rescuing corals in bad shape. A lot of what they were doing was saving scolys and it seemed like if they were eating then you should have a good chance of bringing it back. I second what theshocker said, its a low light critter and to boot when many corals are recovering lower light is appreciated.

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

I already took a look at the article.¡, thanks !.

I placed the coral with some indirect lighting, I have 3 AI PRIME in the tank, so there are not many places without intense light.

The coral is accepting food, my main concern is how long would it take to look fat again. As I said the center is very thin, you can touch the bone structure in it (since its exposed).

 

[JustinM]

Hard to tell how long it will take, maybe a few days to a few months.

 

[juanmanuelsanch]

Well I have been feeding the coral every day. I made a mix of fish, shrimp callamary and scallops, all chopped in a mass and freezed.

It's being eating every time. I don't see it getting fat tho.

The only problem is that I have to be overprotective and vigilant to keep all the scavengers away. Even my lawnmower blenny is eating this mix.

I got a new biocube tank as a coral quarantine tank. I think I might go and transfer it, it would be less stressful for me haha.



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[juanmanuelsanch]

I decided to post a picture of it. As you see it likes to eat. Still not gaining weight.

BTW can someone please help identify this other coral in the pic? It has a red surround and a green center. It's a stony body. And not a zoa, it was in bad shape in the LFS so I got a good discount.

Thanks

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[garygonzales]

those are blastos