Leaving a coral in one spot before moving

[jetabug]

I was wondering how long to leave a coral in one spot to see if it is happy before moving it to another spot. Feel like I am not waiting long enough. kind of new to corals and don't want to kill it. Have a Hammer coral that is retracted and has not really opened up after about three days.

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forum! :)

Hopefully someone here will be able to help, but a bit more information would probably be useful. How was the tank doing before you added the coral? How are the water parameters?

 

[jetabug]

The tank is new and just finished cycling. water parameters running perfect. just really having trouble figuring out the light and flow issue. I am probably bad about moving them to much and not letting them get truly use to where they are.

 

[Becky]

If it were me I'd leave it a bit longer and see how it does - three days isn't very long at all.