Scoly with skeleton showing? Can I save it?

[Joffunswife]

Hi all. I’ve been gifted two scolys by a friend who was shutting his tank down.

I’ve never had scolys before but from what I can see there is skeleton showing. I have a photo of the worse one that’s not very good but I think you can see what I mean.

I have acclimated them to the tank but would like advice on saving them. I have them on the sand bed but will be moving them to the back corners where there is less flow and light. Should I dose iodine? Feed or not? Any advice would be amazing. Thank you

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

To be honest its really hard to see. If you can take a picture in white light only it will help a lot

 

[Shirak]

Top down picture would be nice too. Flesh doesn't really look like a Scoly. Doesn't really change the question though for a large LPS like Scoly.

Water parameters and light level etc?

 

[BryanM]

Move it to a low-ish flow part of the tank. I've saved a cynarina that looked pretty bad, it can be done.

 

[Jack’s Reef 2024]

Agreed it doesn’t really look like a Scoly from that picture. But with LPs they are struggling move to low light low flow. Depending how recently you got it could be acclimating.

 

[Joffunswife]

Thanks all. It’s been in my tank for 2 days now. It was like this when I was given it so I expect there is some degree of stress. I have put it in a back corner behind rock work where there is the least light. I turned on the whites to take the photos.

Levels are all good and holding steady.

Off the top of my head when I tested yesterday salinity is 1.025, temp is 26°c/78.8°f, alk was at 8.4 or 8.5, phos is at 0.09, nitrate is at 19, nitrite and ammonia are both 0, I can’t remember calc and mag but they were fine. ICP test a few weeks ago showed very minor trace elements were a tiny bit low but not worth dosing.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

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[Shirak]

Lobo? Acan pachysepta? Either way it doesn't look too bad. Hopefully puffs up a bit so the flesh covers the exposed bits of skeleton. They are at risk of algae growth which is never a good thing when trying to get a coral like this to recover. At night do you see feeder tentacles out? If so maybe try feeding it a few LPS pellets a couple times a week. Everything else sounds good on what you are doing for it.

 

[Joffunswife]

Lobo? Acan pachysepta? Either way it doesn't look too bad. Hopefully puffs up a bit so the flesh covers the exposed bits of skeleton. They are at risk of algae growth which is never a good thing when trying to get a coral like this to recover. At night do you see feeder tentacles out? If so maybe try feeding it a few LPS pellets a couple times a week. Everything else sounds good on what you are doing for it.

Thanks for your reply. I was told it’s a scoly but happy to be corrected. I’ve not branched into these types of coral yet. I will look for feeder tentacles tonight and try it with some LPS pellets.

 

[Addicted2Acro]

Thanks for your reply. I was told it’s a scoly but happy to be corrected. I’ve not branched into these types of coral yet. I will look for feeder tentacles tonight and try it with some LPS pellets.

That is not a scoly. Pretty sure it’s a lobo. FYI.