Trying to revive pink monti cap

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Hey gents hope all is well i bought a monti cap at my marine supplier yesterday they are busy renovating the shop and i saw this monti in the display shelf and it took a heavy beating coz they negleted the corals and live stock to busy with changing the shop i want to try to revive him or to bring him back to his former glory and i know here is experienced guys on this forum any suggestions and help will be appreciated the coral is light pale pink

I had luck in the last few months :
Revived a bleached out leptostria brain coral
Revived a colony acans
Revived a frogspawn frag
Revived a monti digi and staghorn acro

Q-tank
12g glass aquarium
15w zetlight 1201L
Tidal 55 hangon filter
QQ1 hang on skimmer
Small wave maker 500l/h
Bare bottom
5kg live caribbean rock
50w heater

NO3: 3
PO4: 0.03
Ca : 510
Mg: 1400
Alk : 10
PH : 8.2
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It's probably a bleached red cap. They can survive in pretty low light so put it off the the side, keep Alk stable (it's too high for my liking, but that's another conversation) and it will most likely darken and recover. Once it's healthy you will be trimming it on a regular basis.
 
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It's probably a bleached red cap. They can survive in pretty low light so put it off the the side, keep Alk stable (it's too high for my liking, but that's another conversation) and it will most likely darken and recover. Once it's healthy you will be trimming it on a regular basis.
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Agree with mark, just be careful you dont give it too much light, plating montis are pretty hardy so theres good chance it will pull through.
 
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Agree with mark, just be careful you dont give it too much light, plating montis are pretty hardy so theres good chance it will pull through.
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Alkalinity and calcium are a bit high IMO
Good luck with it
 
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Just want to let you guys know i was checking out the q-tank and the monti is showing pink polyp extension
 

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