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Hi friends, i picked up this really sad looking Cynaria at my LFS 3 days ago for 20 bucks. Any advice on keeping it happy and helping it recover? I feed my tank LRS Reef frenzy, and dose Reefenergy AB+ daily and reefroids weekly. Nitrates hover around 10-15 and phosphates are at 0.02.

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Put it somewhere with low/indirect flow as well as low-moderate lighting then observe it for the first day or so before trying to target feed it some of your Reef Frenzy (I would soak a piece in the Reef Energy for 10-15 minutes first to try to really help it get some aminos).

If it starts to swell and open up you can move it after a couple weeks to somewhere with more lighting but they're not big fans of strong flow as their skeletons can actually cut their tissue.
 
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Put it somewhere with low/indirect flow as well as low-moderate lighting then observe it for the first day or so before trying to target feed it some of your Reef Frenzy (I would soak a piece in the Reef Energy for 10-15 minutes first to try to really help it get some aminos).

If it starts to swell and open up you can move it after a couple weeks to somewhere with more lighting but they're not big fans of strong flow as their skeletons can actually cut their tissue.
Thanks! I hadn't considered soaking the LRS in the Reefenergy, I'll definitely do that. How often should I be target feeding it?
 
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I've had poor luck bringing them back when they start looking that badly. Hopefully your luck will be better.
If it starts to stink it's gone.
To be honest I bought it knowing it may very well die on me, but I figured for 20 bucks it won't be a huge loss if it does
 

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Hi friends, i picked up this really sad looking Cynaria at my LFS 3 days ago for 20 bucks. Any advice on keeping it happy and helping it recover? I feed my tank LRS Reef frenzy, and dose Reefenergy AB+ daily and reefroids weekly. Nitrates hover around 10-15 and phosphates are at 0.02.

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I've had worse come back.

Put it somewhere with very little flow and gentle light.
I wouldn't feed it anything until it starts to puff up.
 

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To be honest I bought it knowing it may very well die on me, but I figured for 20 bucks it won't be a huge loss if it does
And if you nurse it back to health even better.
I wasn't trying to be negative in my previous post, it was more to mention the sniff test as some folks aren't familiar with it.
 
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And if you nurse it back to health even better.
I wasn't trying to be negative in my previous post, it was more to mention the sniff test as some folks aren't familiar with it.
No worries, you're good lol. And yeah, I had a run in with BJD when my tank was only 3 months old so I smell all my LPS, and this one smelled fine luckily
 
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