Help save my colt coral...
 

I don't know much about any type of coral yet but I bought a piece of LR from somebody and he said it had a colt coral on it. The colt coral wasn't doing to well cause his tank sitter didn't know what he was doing. Anyway this guy was taking down his tank and I bought this LR/colt coral. It looks in real bad shape (just slumped over). What can I do to help it? I have some coral builder and some phytoplankton. Should I buy some iodine? Some people swear by iodine and some say it's over rated. I should mention my tank is 30g and has 55 watt, 10000K PC lighting. I have had a pulsing xenia for a few weeks and it seems to be doing fine.

Thanks for any help.

Let there be light and it should be fine... Colts are one of the easiest corals to keep... I have some in my system that are akin to weeds... if you give it the right conditions it should recover fine... I found they do well in either nutrient rich or nutrient free systems...

I had a colt coral that went into decline for no apparent reason. I'm not sure if this is what saved it, but I basted it every day with a phytoplankton tank water mix- it perked up right away. May have been a coincidence but might be worth a try. Once it recovered it grew like a weed.