Chalice HELP!!

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One of my chalices isn't doing well!
Last night polyps were out for feeding and it was doing fine.
This morning it has a little die off the top corner part of it.
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Every single other coral is doing fine, lps and sps. Including all other chalices doing fine.

Tank parameters:
Alk: 9.8dkh
Cal: 420
Mag: 1400
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 77-78
Phos: .03ppm
Nitrate: 4ppm

I moved it over to a less lit area and less flow area of the tank..

What could be the problem?
Should I do a water change?

Any advice on what I should do to try to save it? Dip in iodine? Coral revive? Leave it be?

Thanks in advance


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Is this the first time you did so, or routine? Asking because chalices /lps tend to like a little dirtier water than what your parameters are
 

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Is this the first time you did so, or routine? Asking because chalices /lps tend to like a little dirtier water than what your parameters are
I've been feeding chalices and any other lps that could eat frozen or fauna Marin lps pellet food. I have several other chalices. Many that are not Frags and all others are ok


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If it gets worse... super glue the dying part... lots of it. Scott taught me that trick and I saved a couple chalices by doing that. They were just getting worse and worse.

Cover the dying part, and a little on the flesh thats still there. Good luck.
 
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Try to throw some particular food in your tank with something like reef roids it helps both lps and sps


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Maybe something stung it in passing or took a little nibble. What ever it is I hope it come back for thats a sweet one.

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Soak it in nutrient rich water everyday till there is improvement. Take a small tupperwear container and fill it with tank water and some sort of coral food (smaller particulate size would facilitate eating for the chalice) and soak for an hour or two. Put the chalice back in and throw away the water. This technique is to hopefully saturate the coral with easily digestible food without polluting the tank.
 
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One of my chalices isn't doing well!
Last night polyps were out for feeding and it was doing fine.
This morning it has a little die off the top corner part of it.
Here's a pic



Every single other coral is doing fine, lps and sps. Including all other chalices doing fine.

Tank parameters:
Alk: 9.8dkh
Cal: 420
Mag: 1400
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 77-78
Phos: .03ppm
Nitrate: 4ppm

I moved it over to a less lit area and less flow area of the tank..

What could be the problem?
Should I do a water change?

Any advice on what I should do to try to save it? Dip in iodine? Coral revive? Leave it be?

Thanks in advance


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It actally looks like a recent fresh frag. This ia why I dont buy or sell frags that looks like this. At this point.. try lower flow and lower light.
 
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