Torch Coral Help

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kaledrina

I recently got a torch coral from the LFS as a present from my BF. It has about 5 heads and I've had it for 3 days... It wasn't opened up in the bag, nor during acclimation... And it hasn't opened up at all. Since its been closed for at least 3 days and barely peeking out at all, the skeleton completely exposed with a dot of tentacles if you look hard enough, do you think its pretty much doomed? I know its not my tank since I have a frogspawn thats doubled in size since I got it at the swap and I have other LPS... I've also switched to RO water and everything is thriving. Is there any way to help it open up at all? Its about halfway down, not particularly in a high flow or the highest light area. There is a candy cane and frogspawn near, but not anywhere close enough to get bothered by sweeper tentacles or chemical "warfare".
 
Its still receded, barely even a trace of a tentacle. I guess the place we bought it from is getting a stern phone call about selling sickly corals.
 
Thanks for the offer but I live in Bedford, which is really far. I don't think we saved the receipt but at least I can vent some pent up anger at someone who deserves it. Since they are a reputable fish store and nobody has had any issue with their corals as far as I know (and all in store look lovely) this just makes me upset.
 
Its been a week.... There were 5 heads and only 1 is barely making it. I've been dosing phyto but its still not extending very much, I can still see the skeleton ridges. Sigh.
 
Sometimes it is just a hit and miss deal where your parameters are fine. I usually recommend that you buy from local club member as there is a higher chance of survival.
 
Lol well apparantly when he got it he went to a friends house first.. and put plastic ice cubes on the bag to keep it cool. Thinking some of them got too cold and the kind-of survivor was warm enough to hang on... Keeping my fingers crossed.

On the other hand my nearest LFS gave me a nickel-sized Frogspawn for free! And it lived! Yeah! :D However will two frogspawns wage chem warfare on eachother or is it more like frogspawn vs different corals entirely?
 
@kaledrina wrote:
On the other hand my nearest LFS gave me a nickel-sized Frogspawn for free! And it lived! Yeah! :D However will two frogspawns wage chem warfare on eachother or is it more like frogspawn vs different corals entirely? said:
In my experiences, I can put two different color frogspawns and they will be fine. If I had a hammer and a frogspawn, the hammer will win and wipe out the frogspawn.
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