help with montipora cap

[Milez803]

I recently bought a red montipora cap, and the first day i notice their was a tissue lost, even thought i look at it..wasn't able to spot any nudi or bug. the next day another half of the coral tissue started to turn white and slime was over it. from what i read online, i broke off 2... 1 inch frag and superglue it another small live rock. the other large piece was dip into a bucket of water with lugol. I was wondering what can be the cause of it. Because this is the first experiment with sps coral. i have couple other frag of acro that seem to be doing fine, same for my birdnest. was just trying to see if anyone can give me any advice on it.

 

[kevinpo]

It sounds like it was a lighting issue (too intense without acclimation) if I had to guess without knowing your tank conditions and lighting type or coral placement. Montipora is generally a lower light coral unless acclimated to higher light. It can do well under PC, VHO, and T-5 HO systems. Another possibility is that the water parameters in your tank differed too much from the tank that it came from.

Regards,
Kevin