Is this coral alive or dead?

[Batmom2016]

It broke off a much larger coral that came in on some live rock when I started my tank the bigger coral has since died (I’m assuming the cycle killed it,  or the transport being out of water for several hours)

but this piece has been hanging around.  It has gained some color lately and was curious if you guys think it is dead or can be saved?  I glued it to a Little Rock so it doesn’t get blasted around by the flow. 
(Been battling with dinos and cyano lately hence the brown sand)

 

[applejk]

If it's changing color that's a good sign and no algae growing on it.  It looks like a soft coral, correct?  I think it probably is alive.  What are your levels at now?

[Batmom2016]

9 hours ago, applejk said:

If it's changing color that's a good sign and no algae growing on it.  It looks like a soft coral, correct?  I think it probably is alive.  What are your levels at now?

It’s a finger leather.  
no algae growing on it at all.  
 

sg: 1.025

nitrite:0

nitrate: 0-5? (Colors are almost identical 🤷🏼‍♀️)

ammonia:0

phosphate: 0-0.25

ph:8.2

 

 

 

 

[Murphs_Reef]

Cant make out from the picture but are the polyps open?

[Batmom2016]

33 minutes ago, Grimes said:

Cant make out from the picture but are the polyps open?

It doesn’t have any polyps out that I can see.  But it is starting to get more color than it did before. 
it’s also quite solid.

[Murphs_Reef]

Oh it looked like an SPS on that photo.. what is it 

[Batmom2016]

13 minutes ago, Grimes said:

Oh it looked like an SPS on that photo.. what is it 

I thought it was a finger leather coral. 
 

[Murphs_Reef]

Oh right.. keep an.eye on it but it looked pretty battered 

[Batmom2016]

16 minutes ago, Grimes said:

Oh right.. keep an.eye on it but it looked pretty battered 

Will do.  
it is probably rough due to being on the bottom of the tank.

 

Should it be in higher flow? Or lower flow?

 

[I'm Batman]

Update?

[Batmom2016]

On 9/8/2020 at 1:05 PM, I'm Batman said:

Update?

It came detached from the rock I glued it to and I haven’t seen it in a few days but it was starting to look better :-/ 

[Clown79]

16 hours ago, Batmom2016 said:

It came detached from the rock I glued it to and I haven’t seen it in a few days but it was starting to look better 😕

Leathers can't be glued, they develop a mucous and fall off.

[Batmom2016]

On 9/12/2020 at 8:46 PM, Clown79 said:

Leathers can't be glued, they develop a mucous and fall off.

I noticed that after I tried to glue it 3 times 😬

 

how do I fix it down?  Right now it’s sitting inside of a small snail shell to keep it from blowing around in the tank.

[GTi]

You can put it in a small container full of rubble rock in a low flow area and it will attach after a week or two. For larger frags you can hold them to a rock with a rubber band or even tie them on with fishing line (use a needle through the base).