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So I just got this today the lps couldn't keep them alive this one has a few skeletons showing some not sure if it was worth it but I do notice some yellow things on it is as part of the coral or I am I in for a problem?

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Not looking good. Sorry.

These guys are more difficult to keep as they need to be fed. I do not normally keep these guys as I am not set up as a NPS system. Good luck! Hoping a more experienced person with NPS can help you.
 

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Presently, I have several sun coral colonies. I tried to rescue a few that were not doing well in stores. Once they start to go downhill, it is tough to stop the slide. Sorry.
 

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It should hang on, but you’ll need to feed it. The tentacles come out at night, and if you keep trying to spot feed during the day around the same time it should open during the day too around that time.
 

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They require feeding .
and can be trained to open at a specific time but naturally after lights out .
Cut a 2L soda bottle in half and use it to cover over the colony feed within that bottle to keep food in the area .

they do well under a shelf or cave out of direct lighting

good luck !
 
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Not looking good. Sorry.

These guys are more difficult to keep as they need to be fed. I do not normally keep these guys as I am not set up as a NPS system. Good luck! Hoping a more experienced person with NPS can help you.
i actually got them intentionaly, i love feeding coral.
 
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I'm trying Corlalific delight. I don't have anything big enough to put around it in the tank but I did put it in an old API tropical flakes container with that and puffed around it's really puffed up now not completely open but puffed up so that's a good sign right

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New question as it looks like it's trying to open there are some yellow dots were I don't think they should be as if there not part of the tentacles is there anything that could be eating this and killing it do they have any natural like creatures that eat them like nudies or anything
 

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Do you have a pic? Mine was buried by my pistol shrimp I couldn't find it and the coral had those dots on it before eventually dying. Is it opening at night?
 
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Here you go. I just got it last night so I am not sure about feeding I got it to puff up and feed it touch today you can see it still puffed up I'm gonna try after lights out tonight again.
 

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Those don't look like parasites but look similar to what happened to mine. I would watch those and continue feeding it.
 

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Here you go. I just got it last night so I am not sure about feeding I got it to puff up and feed it touch today you can see it still puffed up I'm gonna try after lights out tonight again.
In order for it to accept food ,
It’s polyps need to come out .
start slow broadcasting food .
it should eventually fully open at the same time every day .
 
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I called worldwide coral and spoke with someone they said it may be pieces of sponge to try to delicately take them off so I'm gonna do that over the next 24 to 48 hours and still continue to try to feed it wish me luck
 
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Well I decided to dip it because I found a big nudie on it Didn't go well I think it's dead I don't understand what happened I used half the strength and normally do and only left it in for a minute as soon as I put it in there the water started turning red I don't understand
 
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Everyone I talked to said it's fine to dip them just like I do other quarrels I think it may have been a reaction with the sponge growing on it any advice would be helpful for many one out there The one picture is when I got it in the other picture is Now

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