Echinopora dying?

[Renelope]

Bought a Green Eyed Blue Monster Echinopora Coral off live Aquaria about a month ago, he doesn’t look good right? Can he be saved?

This is my first time buying plating type corals, I bought a pachyseris and a monti at the same time, and they seem fine.

Pachyseris is at the top of my tank, monti is on a rock at the bottom.

I’ve had the echinopora at the top as well but I’m wondering if I need to move him? I spot feed with coral smoothie and phyto-feast every other day.

Tanks is 6 months old, stable parameters aside from a broken refractometer that had us doing water changes with 1.019 water for a month before we realized (tank got to 1.021), slowly brought salinity back up over 4 water changes to 1.025.

Last tests:

Alk 10.1
Cal 425
Ph 8.1
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Phosphate 0.015
Temp 78
Sal 1.025

Any advice? Lost cause?

Tank is 90DT/30sump
Refugium with chaeto
2 radion g4pros for lighting
2 hydor pumps
Vectra return pump

 

[DSC reef]

Looks to be too much light and not enough nutrients. Your alk is a bit high with having no nutrients as well. Make sure its low in the tank and try feeding. Our chalice corals have a great feeding response with a mix of reef nutrition oyster feast and reef roids. With all pumps turned off I target feed the mixture and it stays on the coral giving it a good chance to feed.

 

[Eggpaul]

What happened to your coral? I got the same one from divers den, placed it in the middle, now it's on the bottom. I don't see tentacles at night.

 

[weclownin]

It's on sale at divers den. Good buy? Did you both save yours?

Or maybe not.. OPs last post is evidence his aquarium did not make it.