Rainbow Yuma not looking great

jordanrb · 2026-07-15T18:35:00-0400

My rainbow yuma has been looking deflated and droopy the last few days. Sitting in 110 par at peak. It is my newest coral only 2 weeks old.

All my other corals are happy including half a dozen mushrooms in the same spot.

This is my nicest and most expensive mushroom so I would like to try and save it but cant figure out what the issue might be.

EnterName · 2026-07-15T19:03:49-0400

I think parameters like salinity, alkalinity, nitrate, and phosphate might help to get a better idea of your system. Until then the community can only make some blind guesses.

I don't see a coral frag plug (maybe it's just the photo) did you remove the plug? Maybe you accidentally damaged the coral during the process?

jordanrb · 2026-07-15T19:09:57-0400

EnterName said:
I think parameters like salinity, alkalinity, nitrate, and phosphate might help to get a better idea of your system. Until then the community can only make some blind guesses.

I don't see a coral frag plug (maybe it's just the photo) did you remove the plug? Maybe you accidentally damaged the coral during the process?

It came on a small piece of rubble that I glued.

My salinity is 8.4 steady. Salinity 1.025 steady. Nitates are 35ppm and phosphates are 0.10ppm steady