Coral emergency HELP

[Rw448]

Could someone please help me
I bought 2 new coral for my tank which only has a healthy anemone currently
However the coral have turned brown rather than pinkish when bought and started to break is there anything I can do to save them? Image of one below

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

That coral looks dead to me. Can you give us more details about your tank? Tank size , age, water params would be a good start .

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

What kind of coral is it?

 

[LesPoissons]

Is there any phosphorescent patches under blue lights? Looks like you lost it. Did you dip it in something prior to to putting it in? Need tank parameters.

 

[LesPoissons]

Also, how old is your tank?

 

[Rw448]

It is a toadstool/elephant leather coral
Bought with a bolt coral which has also gone brown and cracked aswell
The fish and the anemone that have been in the tank which is a year old are all very heathy
In terms of water Params I will do the tests and post them
I get the salt water from where the fish/coral are bought so there shouldn’t be anything wrong
The size of the tank is 148cm by 50cm by 50cm - so a fairly large tank

 

[Katrina71]

Were they freshly fragged when you got them?

 

[Vinman]

I wouldn't give up yet leather corals often go through a weird peeling stage sometimes closed up for days also I try to move it may be down low in the tank for the first couple of days or until you see a change definitely check your parameters

 

[Katrina71]

I'd throw them out and drop in some carbon. Jmo

 

[Vinman]

Could someone please help me
I bought 2 new coral for my tank which only has a healthy anemone currently
However the coral have turned brown rather than pinkish when bought and started to break is there anything I can do to save them? Image of one below

Better pictures might help see the coral in question

 

[CoralBuddy]

IMO is a goner. What what is?

 

[Rw448]

My test kit is abit old but The params for the tank Are -

Ph- 8.2-8.4
Nitrate- 10-15
Nitrite- 0
Alkalinity- 2.5-2.9
Ammonia- 0

 

[Rw448]

 

[mcdrichj]

Alkalinity is SUPER low or you have a bad test kit. What are you using for salt?

 

[Malifry97]

My test kit is abit old but The params for the tank Are -

Ph- 8.2-8.4
Nitrate- 10-15
Nitrite- 0
Alkalinity- 2.5-2.9
Ammonia- 0

Yeah that ALK is VERY LOW.

 

[Streetdoc77]

I agree with mcdrichj ! that ALK is rock bottom if the test kit is right .....should at the lowest 7.0 . Would retest how old is the kit ?

 

[mcdrichj]

How old is your tank? What is all that particulate or is that micro bubbles?

 

[jurgenph]

Yeah that ALK is VERY LOW.

i bet it's 2.9 meg/l which is 8.12 dKh, and is perfectly fine.

OP, can you confirm that?


J.

 

[jurgenph]

and uhm... what are those bubbles in the pictures? that looks suspicious. can you get a better quality picture of the tank?


J.

 

[Rw448]

Sorry I didn’t make it clear
Yes the alkalinity I measured was in Meq/L
The test kit is over 5 years old

in regards to the bubbles they are just from a pump to oxygenate the tank more