Question about my new tenuis acropora

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I received this wonderful, baseball sized tenuis acropora yesterday.
It arrived and the bag did smell a little weird, but could have just been simply the salt water.
Everything was in place, there were a bunch of flakes in the water but not too bad.
I did notice the inner parts of the colony having white spots.
However, after leaving it overnight, this thing has lost a ton of it's color and is flaking all of its brown off in spots (whole trunks are missing the brown coloring).

Could you please tell me: is this salvagable at this point? Or it is simply transport stress and will recover and grow back.
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It’s definitely undergoing some (a lot) die off. I’d likely try fragging it at this point if there are any pieces that are completely free of the rtn’ing.
 
Looks like a Millepora and I would say that’s beyond saving at this point
 
Sadly I think you will loose that. I’d contact the seller and see if you can claim for shipping loss. Other than that, I’d chop it up and pray.
 
Looks like a millepora....and also a mariculture piece. Are you aware of the pest risks and or care for mariculture? Like someone mentioned, frag anything salvageable. Notify seller if applicable.
 

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