Is there any saving my new frag?

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I got a shipment of 4 frags in on thursday (9/3/26) I drip acclimated them all and kept the lights off for a bit to help them calm down. They were all doing fine the first few days, Starting yesterday my vargas isn’t doing so hot. I minimized my light intensity to 30% today and tried feeding to see if that would help. Is there anything else I can do? I’m relatively new to coral keeping.

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Sorry! I had it off because I have a mean green hair algae outbreak staring.
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I normally do, I have it briefly turned off because I have a hair algae outbreak. Do you mean for a photo or regularly for the corals health. If for the corals health what % do you recommend me having it at?
So we can see what the coral looks like. Light doesn’t need to stay white.
 
In general, feeding isn’t a remedy for closed or wilting corals.

When coral opens up with polyps extended, (often at night) - then it is helpful to provide a little extra plankton into the water so the hungry coral collects a tiny bit of food.
 
It looks like cespitulinaria, give it light and good amount of flow and it should rebound, its a hardy coral. Corals don't need light acclimation, it sounds like you're killing it with low lighting
 

WHAT’S USUALLY THE FIRST CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS OFF IN YOUR REEF?

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