Coral bleaching/adjusting?

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Hey all. So last week got a shipment of corals which included 6 acros. Been getting into more acros recently as tank is about 9 months old and have had good success with my frags from the past. All of my acros currently are not too difficult with a few higher end pieces but one acro I got was a tenuis. Wanted to give it a shot with just 1 before going with more expensive ones in future. Been in tank for about a week on frag rack. Decent lighting and good flow. All acros doing well except for the tenuis. Appears to have lost some color and polyps not all out. I know tenuis are more finicky, could this just be acclimation stress? Not to the point of bleaching yet but definitely noticeable color loss. What’s best way to help it recover? Everything else is doing well. Stability and consistency and leave it alone? Thanks for the help. I’ll show some pics. From when I got it a week ago to now.

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Hey all. So last week got a shipment of corals which included 6 acros. Been getting into more acros recently as tank is about 9 months old and have had good success with my frags from the past. All of my acros currently are not too difficult with a few higher end pieces but one acro I got was a tenuis. Wanted to give it a shot with just 1 before going with more expensive ones in future. Been in tank for about a week on frag rack. Decent lighting and good flow. All acros doing well except for the tenuis. Appears to have lost some color and polyps not all out. I know tenuis are more finicky, could this just be acclimation stress? Not to the point of bleaching yet but definitely noticeable color loss. What’s best way to help it recover? Everything else is doing well. Stability and consistency and leave it alone? Thanks for the help. I’ll show some pics. From when I got it a week ago to now.

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Last pic show what looks to be a rather dead Acro. Can’t see any flesh. I’ve killed enough to know that poor thing is done for.
 
Last pic show what looks to be a rather dead Acro. Can’t see any flesh. I’ve killed enough to know that poor thing is done for.
Well it’s not like bleached white and more of a green color. And still has some polyps out. I know tenuis is more sensitive but nothing drastic has really happened. All other acros are doing fine. So should I maybe lower light a bit then
 

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