Too much light for soft coral?

[Jayreef23]

I have a soft coral I just purchased today. I acclimated it to my tank and put him towards the top of the tank but he is still shriveled up and not expanding. Could it be too much light? Should I lower the light intensity or lower the coral to the sandbed?

 

[Tamberav]

Typically no but that looks like it could be a non photosynthetic coral in which case it will most likely die from lack of food as they don’t typically survive in our aquariums.

Is it yellow and red?

If it’s NPS, then it should go into a dark spot with good flow but ya… not good if so.

 

[Jayreef23]

Typically no but that looks like it could be a non photosynthetic coral in which case it will most likely die from lack of food as they don’t typically survive in our aquariums.

Is it yellow and red?

If it’s NPS, then it should go into a dark spot with good flow but ya… not good if so.

It was sold to me as a soft coral I don’t think it’s NPS

 

[Tamberav]

It was sold to me as a soft coral I don’t think it’s NPS

NPS can be soft corals. What color is it?

 

[Jayreef23]

NPS can be soft corals. What color is it?

Red and green it looks more yellow under the white light but more green under the blue light

 

[Tamberav]

Not sure about green but the photo and the way it is closed up makes me think of Scleronephthya, comes in a variety of colors but generally red/orange/yellow/pink.

I’m guessing if it’s green it’s not that though!

Soft corals are moody so it’s not so for it to be ticked off

It won’t hurt it to start it on the bottom and move it up over time

 

[Jayreef23]

Not sure about green but the photo and the way it is closed up makes me think of Scleronephthya, comes in a variety of colors but generally red/orange/yellow/pink.

I’m guessing if it’s green it’s not that though!

Soft corals are moody so it’s not so for it to be ticked off

It won’t hurt it to start it on the bottom and move it up over time

Thanks…appreciate the advice

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a soft coral I just purchased today. I acclimated it to my tank and put him towards the top of the tank but he is still shriveled up and not expanding. Could it be too much light? Should I lower the light intensity or lower the coral to the sandbed?

Apply light to moderate as with most soft corals. Most softies will close up at dark or very low light

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Looks like an unhappy colt/Kenya tree/sinularia to me, soft corals are generally very flexible, though a bit moody at times, I had a leather that took a month to open up, I'd give it time

 

[Tcook]

As for soft corals tolerating high light levels. These were under 500 watts of MH and 440 watts of VHO.

 

[HNR]

this is an nps