Candy cane coral not opening? Too much flow?

[mr.lordacan]

Hi all,
I recently purchased a candy cane coral from my LFS. It’s been about 2 weeks and at times the coral is open, but I’d say that a majority of that time he’s kinda lopsided like the picture shows. Is this an indicator of too much flow? The rest of my corals seem happy

 

[jasrivas]

YES!! i started reefing about 3 years ago and in the beginning i lost a bunch of coral form to much flow. if you see the flesh pull form the skeleton like in your pic then you have way to much fow I know form experience.

 

[mr.lordacan]

Okay, thanks for your help!! I’ll be moving him now and hopefully it’s not too late for a recovery

 

[reaper93]

Also is that a vermetid snail I see on the base of the skeleton?

 

[stumblinras]

Okay, thanks for your help!! I’ll be moving him now and hopefully it’s not too late for a recovery

Candy canes are pretty resilient. Move to a more medium flow make sure your parameters are good and more importantly stable and it should be fine.

 

[jasrivas]

hard to say by the pic, but the vermetid snails ive seen are dark purple. it will not hurt to puck it off though

 

[mr.lordacan]

Also is that a vermetid snail I see on the base of the skeleton

Sorry for the multiple reaper93 copy/pasted… still learning. Anyways, thanks for calling this out. I haven’t seen them in person so I guess it didn’t register as a possibility. I use a coral dip on all corals before adding, and maybe it died off? It’s never grown,etc. I pulled it off to be safe.

 

[mr.lordacan]

hard to say by the pic, but the vermetid snails ive seen are dark purple. it will not hurt to puck it off though

Wanted to provide an update, looks much better today. Thanks for the help!