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Challenged Colt Coral?

CHALLENGED colt coral
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Challenged Colt Coral?

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I just picked up a small frag of colt coral from my LFS. I brought it home and promptly acclimated it. I put it into a plastic cup and floated it in the tank and exchanged the water back and forth for about 30 minutes before placing it in the front portion of my tank were I believe the flow to be of a medium pace. When I first introduced it, it opened up and I stared at it for awhile and then left the house, only to come back several hours later to an unhappy colt. This has not changed a day later. It also looks a little shrunken. The coral is still erect, but it is not showing its polyps. I believe the coral has some small “blister like” areas on the stalk, but very small, maybe it’s sloughing? This is my first REAL soft coral. It’s in a 5 gal flat back hex that has a load of Caulerpa in it, along with yellow colony polyps and some encrusting gorgonian. I h

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