What is this LPS rescue

[gm3184]

So I got this piece a couple weeks ago at my lfs with massive tissue loss and a huge discount. They said it was a chalice I didn't think it was at the time nor do I now but would like to know what it is. I have some pics attached if someone could give me some insight.
Thanks

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[gm3184]

bump to the top any input?

 

[tanked_life]

I want to say it is a meat coral (Acanthophyllia deshayesiana) since the side view has a stacking skeleton but im not too sure. Either way keep in on the sand bed for now

 

[C.Eymann]

Looks like a Scolymia vitiensis in trouble.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0340

Care to share parameters? Lighting? etc etc?

best way to get these guys to recover quickly is by feeding them at night when their feeder tentacles are extended, however if they are ticked off/ un healthy they usually don't "open up" You can try coaxing them out by adding the"juice" from thawed mysis or something to the tank to initiate a feeding response/ get them to extend their tentacles. Then spot feed them with a baster/ syringe.

Provide some system details, maybe we all can help you get this guy recovered.

 

[tanked_life]

Looks like a Scolymia vitiensis in trouble.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0340

Care to share parameters? Lighting? etc etc?

best way to get these guys to recover quickly is by feeding them at night when their feeder tentacles are extended, however if they are ticked off/ un healthy they usually don't "open up" You can try coaxing them out by adding the"juice" from thawed mysis or something to the tank to initiate a feeding response/ get them to extend their tentacles. Then spot feed them with a baster/ syringe.

Provide some system details, maybe we all can help you get this guy recovered.

If you don't mind me asking, how would you explain the stacking/overlapping skeletal growth as seen in the side pictures? Scolys do not have stacking skeletal structures.

 

[C.Eymann]

If you don't mind me asking, how would you explain the stacking/overlapping skeletal growth as seen in the side pictures? Scolys do not have stacking skeletal structures.

I don't believe that is part of the original coral, I just wrote it off as an oddity. Could be wrong, but pretty sure it's a the scoly I posted

 

[tanked_life]

Could be haha either way same care criteria and the health of the coral is all that matters

 

[C.Eymann]

Also many times when parent colonies of Mussidae family corals die off, they can "pop" up daughter colonies similar to what is common with fungia sp. This can create the "stacked" skeleton we are seeing here.