My sps monti/chalice is peeling, HELP

I would post this in the ID forum, but its been in my tank for a week and is drastically taking a turn for the worse.

First i'm trying to figure out what it is, so that I can provide it with the correct lighting/flow thats needed for it.

The whole thing was a baby blue with blue looking upraised, oblong looking, nubs on the top. very very pretty coral. Guy said it was some kind of a monti.

Its starting to shed its top layer and expose its skeleton on the edges....bad sign.... the skeleton is pinkish/red throughout, if that helps any.

I dont want to kill it! HELP.

My prams:

Temp 79
calcium 460
dkh 9 (api test kit...)
PH questionable, I think my test kit has had it. It reads 7.8 constantly, and I did a CO2 test by putting some tankwater in a cup outside and testing it 20min later to see if the PH raised any. It diddnt.
P04 - .5
Nitrates - 0

running phosban and some carbon in the sump.

No major changes to the tank since I added it, I figure it just hated my tank from the beginning. other corals and sps in my tank doing well...

At first I had it up in the top 1/3 of the tank with medium flow. Once I noticed the flesh peeling off, i immediately moved it down a bit towards the middle in an area with slightly less flow.

If this move wasnt a good one I need to do something quick, because at the rate its going I dont think it will last another week until I figure out the issue and take care of it ASAP.

Anybody know what it might be? Any info or general ideas in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.





also, it is similar to this chalice to the blue color and also the shape/appearance of oval disks that are on the top of it...

http://www.juicycorals.com/index.php...99qoapqalm5sc0


obviously chalices/montis vary in lighting/flow requirements greatly, which might be why the flesh started to peel.


ANY HELP WOULD BE AWESOME RIGHT ABOUT NOW. The color is so intense and I am really loving this coral with a passion and dont want to lose it.

 

It's definitely burning. Move it down.

 

thanks. somebody suggested a chalice or favia, i keep seeing those on sandbeds, should I move it down onto the sand? its on a disk either way.

 

Keep it in the sand. Hopefully it will color back up.

 

thanks. even the exposed skeleton part can still recover?

 

haha im a dork. just realized it was you.

 

Hater. Thats it we're officially divorced.

 

Yes, it can possibly grow tissue back over that part of the skeleton.

 

I wouldn't put it directly on the sandbed. Just very low in the tank, possibly in a shaded area.

It's definitely not a favia or monti, either. It's a chalice.

 

sweet. thank you guys so much for the help. Its also my first chalice in the tank, and from the bright colors and the way i cant stop staring at it, i'm sure this is going to be the beginning of a love for chalices...

if i can keep this one alive....that is

Again thank everybody for the help, if anybody else has some helpfull advice please lmk