Just got some xenia Coral.

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I just bought this Coral and it is not looking good. What do you think!
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Couple things that would close her up then...
Critters crawling on it
Particulates in the water ticking it off
Too much flow
Too much light
Parameters ?
 
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Couple things that would close her up then...
Critters crawling on it
Particulates in the water ticking it off
Too much flow
Too much light
Parameters ?
pH 8.3
Nitrates 0
ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Cal 430
Dkh I'm not too go at understanding it but it takes 11 they told me the higher the number the better.
Phosphates .25
 
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Couple things that would close her up then...
Critters crawling on it
Particulates in the water ticking it off
Too much flow
Too much light
Parameters ?
Also I have two power heads that are rated at 2100 but they are not pointed at it.
 

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That doesnt really look like xenia. it looks more like either GSP or a rock with Aptasia, have any better pics?
 

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That doesnt really look like xenia. it looks more like either GSP or a rock with Aptasia, have any better pics?

Agree. To me it looks like gsp that is very unhappy but will come out eventually.

I had a rock that was in someone’s sump that the gsp looked like this and it took a month but it eventually has very nice gsp in the end.

It does look like aiptasia shown on the OP photo. I’d remove that rock immediately to a quarantine and verify/kill the aiptasia. With a better photo it could be some sort of clove polyp but I’d bet it’s aiptasia
 

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Definitely not xenia, some sort of polyp. looks like an undercolored Green Star Polyp IMO
 

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