great info, i defin see what you are talking about. by the end of today he had extended quite nicely but i guess he has a way to go. from the reading ive done based on your id they are quite tolerant of different lighting and flow. i have moved him over to the left side of the tank where he is well lit but not directly under the light. some decent flow there but getting hit directly by any of the powerheads. lots of zooplankton in the tank so hope he fattens up. please mention anything else you think i should consider.
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Originally Posted by Myka
I can tell that the coral was recently fragged (you can see the edges on the left), and this would be the primary cause of the coral's shrunken look, but the coral is shrunken enough that the skeleton is protruding in some places and it has been that way long enough that there is brown microalgae growing on the exposed parts. This shows that the coral has been stressed for some time before you got it. Fyi, it's normal for brains to get shrunken at times. My Symphyllia and Lobophyllias both shrink up just before lights out.
Also, there is old skeleton showing on the right side of the coral, but it's difficult to tell from the photo if that is from the coral partially dying at some time or whether it just happens to be growing over where a coral used to reside. I'm going to bet the former though.
Here is a coral from the Symphyllia genus that appears to be the same species. Different color though obviously. The photo is even taken at a time when the coral is shrunken:
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