Coral dying?

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

I just got a Kenya tree and a crown leather coral yesterday... They were doing fine in the store and the store has there lights on during the day but I have mine on at night, so I turned my light on last night and this is what they looked like then

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Neither coral was really very happy because I just put them in there but this is what they look like now

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I don't know if coral gets tired and sleeps or if they or dying. I am new to coral and I don't know what to do. Should I move them to a place with less flow? Are they just tired or something? I know this may be a dumb question but I am new to coral and don't know what to do... Please help!!!!!!!

twilliard · Jan 10, 2016

First thing,
Water numbers.
Also no3 and po4
Lighting that you are using?
With more info we can provide a lot more help

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
First thing,
Water numbers.
Also no3 and po4
Lighting that you are using?
With more info we can provide a lot more help

Ammonia and nitrite are at 0
Nitrates I need to bring down right now they are really high like around 20-30
I know this might sound really bad but my LFS never told me about checking phosphate... Would somewhere like petco sell test kits for it? My LFS is quite a while away... The lighting that I am using is 2 t-5 bulbs, one actinic and one 10,000... My LFS said these lights would be fine with these corals... They had kessil in the store on there coral though so that is a big change in lighting...

twilliard · Jan 10, 2016

You have just a little bit of green algae so po4 is available
No3 is a little high but not so high I would worry.
I think it is going to be the change of lighting.
What steps did you take to acclimate them?

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
What steps did you take to acclimate them?

I used the drip method for about 2 hours to acclimate them then I used coral rx and then put them in the tank. That is how I was told to do this... Is that wrong?

twilliard · Jan 10, 2016

Thats perfect
I would now say lighting adjustment

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
Thats perfect
I would now say lighting adjustment

Thanks!

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
Thats perfect
I would now say lighting adjustment

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There is no way this is normal... please help!!!!

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

Is there anything I can do to save it?

twilliard · Jan 10, 2016

Oh not good!!
Im sorry but may be too far gone.
It would be best to pull them before they decay and release any toxins.

Cleo642 · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
Oh not good!!
Im sorry but may be too far gone.
It would be best to pull them before they decay and release any toxins.

Cleo642 · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
Oh not good!!
Im sorry but may be too far gone.
It would be best to pull them before they decay and release any toxins.

I wonder what happened to them?

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
Oh not good!!
Im sorry but may be too far gone.
It would be best to pull them before they decay and release any toxins.

Pull both out? Or just the one that is falling apart completely? Does the Kenya tree have any chance of survival?

twilliard · Jan 10, 2016

Wilkerson.reed said:
Pull both out? Or just the one that is falling apart completely? Does the Kenya tree have any chance of survival?

I dont think so. Sorry

This is going to be a tough one to figure out

twilliard · Jan 10, 2016

Hi hope!

Ideas?

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
I dont think so. Sorry

This is going to be a tough one to figure out

Do you think it might have been unhealthy in the store? I don't think it would though because they both looked fine in there...

twilliard · Jan 10, 2016

Lets start from the beginning
They looked good in the store?
How far was the drive and how were they transported?
Next after drip acclamation will be chemistry

Wilkerson.reed · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
Lets start from the beginning
They looked good in the store?
How far was the drive and how were they transported?
Next after drip acclamation will be chemistry

Yes they looked great in the store...
The drive was about 30 minutes

Cleo642 · Jan 10, 2016

twilliard said:
Lets start from the beginning
They looked good in the store?
How far was the drive and how were they transported?
Next after drip acclamation will be chemistry

Maybe his water chemistry was way different from the lfs. I think I read that some keep theirs at hypo salinity.