Hello folks, I have been reefing for only 6 months and I am making some mistakes! I have a bunch of corals right now and everything else seems to be doing fine. I have some shrooms, blastos, some zoas, a favia... I have a bunch of LPS frags lol.
I tried my hand at some SPS. I have a Millie and a Bonsai that I know just need a crap load of light which I am slowly upgrading to. Now, on to this Monti. At my local fish store, the skeleton/base of the monti was bright green with red polyps. It was super pretty. After bringing it home, dipping and acclimating it, I noticed only the top part was green and the rest was white. Later on, the whole thing became white but the polyps remained red.
Super big also, I noticed 2 holes in the monti and sometimes, something white would be sticking out of the holes. I used a needle to try and dig it out and dipping and the holes went DEEP into the coral. After doing some confused research, I assumed it was some sort of nudi or pest. I super glued the holes and those are the two semi green splotches you see.
I know I have made some mistakes, just wanted to inquire on if there were maybe some steps I could take to save this thing. It is on the sand bed now because it turned white while it was up super close to the light and I thought I bleached it.
I tried my hand at some SPS. I have a Millie and a Bonsai that I know just need a crap load of light which I am slowly upgrading to. Now, on to this Monti. At my local fish store, the skeleton/base of the monti was bright green with red polyps. It was super pretty. After bringing it home, dipping and acclimating it, I noticed only the top part was green and the rest was white. Later on, the whole thing became white but the polyps remained red.
Super big also, I noticed 2 holes in the monti and sometimes, something white would be sticking out of the holes. I used a needle to try and dig it out and dipping and the holes went DEEP into the coral. After doing some confused research, I assumed it was some sort of nudi or pest. I super glued the holes and those are the two semi green splotches you see.
I know I have made some mistakes, just wanted to inquire on if there were maybe some steps I could take to save this thing. It is on the sand bed now because it turned white while it was up super close to the light and I thought I bleached it.