Torch help

[Po Sei Don]

I recently picked up a nice frag of purple tip electric torch coral. It looked fine for the first few days but now it hardly extends its tentacles. It was a darker purple and now its light almost white and the tentacles are skinny.

I moved it once or twice to see if maybe my fluorescent were too bright but that didn't seem to be the case. Flow is good and I even changed some of it around to give it more and less.

I have a duncan and a dendro in the same tank as well and they both seem to be doing just fine. Anybody have any advice?

Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
pH: 8.3
Alk: 10
SG: 1.025
Calcium: 430

Pic before and after.

 

[Po Sei Don]

Quick info: just turned the lights on, looks better today but color is still white and tentacles are thin.

 

[greech]

Corals aren't fond of being moved around so if you think its in a happy spot I would leave it and observe for a few days. Euphyllias don't need a ton of light (although they can take it once acclimated) and flow should be enough to sway the tentacles but not a direct or consistent blast of water. If it was light shocked it may take a little while to regain its color. The thinness kind of tells me it was in too much flow. It should regain its plumpness soon if the flow is now acceptable.

Pretty torch. Hope it constinues to do well.

 

[Po Sei Don]

Thanks greech. I think we have finally agreed on a good placement. He gets plenty of current but not as much as before. Just hope his color comes back. At least he looks better today.

 

[greech]

Feed it some chopped meaty foods.