Scolymia questions

[Conor reef]

I have a couple of questions about my scolymia that I can't find anywhere apparently they aren't very common if anyone can help please do thanks

 

[Aiden Parker]

I could try to help. Whats your question?

 

[Conor reef]

Ok thanks I got a sculy about 10 months ago and it has been doing fine other than it's weird days that it stay receded but today when I turned the light on the went to looking kinda like an elf cup does and has stayed that way and idk what's up with it

 

[Aiden Parker]

Do you have a picture? That might help.

 

[Conor reef]

 

[Aiden Parker]

It does look unhappy. Have you tested your water parameters today?

 

[Conor reef]

I love this coral it's one of my favorite and I hope it's ok

 

[Conor reef]

Ph alkalinity salinity everything is good

 

[Aiden Parker]

nitrates nitrites and ammonias good too?

 

[Cody3819]

What's good?? I don't have a scoly but I have a nice open brain... Either way good water quality is good water regardless of the coral. If possible please post the numbers..

 

[Conor reef]

My other corals are all good all my inverts are good

 

[Aiden Parker]

preferably nitrates, nitrites and ammonia will be at 0. It's also possible that you have too much flow for your coral. I would try to move it to a new place. If possible, do a 20% water change. That usually makes corals happier. Have you added anything new to the tank lately? Or any major changes that have taken place?

 

[Conor reef]

Ph 8.2 salinity 1.025 ammonia 0 nitrates 0 nitrites 0

 

[Cody3819]

Scolys are a LPS coral, they like cleaner water ,10ppm or less nitrates, but they also like MAG CAL and ALK in check as well.... if it has been in the same spot with the same flow and it's been happy then it is more than likely water quality.... But numbers is what we need...

 

[Cody3819]

What type of lightning is it in??

 

[Conor reef]

I have had It in the same place the entire time I have had it I built my tank around it lol couldn't wait to get it I do need to do a water change it has been two weeks but I was out of salt I will do that an hope it helps I just got a new light about a month ago it has two metal halides and two blue actinics with moon lights

 

[Conor reef]

It's an off brand light

 

[FL_Reefer]

That looks more like a meat coral to me. Is this the only time that it has done this. They will take all different shapes at times. I think it looks nice and heathy. I wouldn't be too worried about it too much. It looks like it's reaching for light alittle. Do you feed it?

 

[dbassan09]

Acantophyllia definitely...

 

[Conor reef]

Yes I feed it I don't know if it's a meat or a sculy I had a meat and it looked similar but not identical I got it as a sculy I'm having trouble figuring out the light on it I have the actinics on it from 10:30 to 11 and the halides on from 6-9