Green Star Polyp opening & closing?

[NewGoby]

Hello,

I'm quite new to the saltwater aquarium hobby, after being in the freshwater hobby for a 8-ish years, I decided it's time to try out a small saltwater aquarium (60 liters, about 13 gallons)

After having cycled the tank for about a month, I decided it's time to put something in it, after testing Amonia, nitrates, DKH, and salinity.

Amonia being 0,1
Nitrates being 0,125
DKH, at roughly 11,6
And salinity around 1.026

I currently have it stocked with 1 goby, 1 shrimp, that shares a lair with the goby (forgot the name, my apologies) and a small hermit krab.

I placed my Green Star Polyp frag right under a powerhead, on a island, so that i can more easily trim it back.

Now for my question:
About 2 hours ago I placed it in the tank, it then opened a little bit, but after 15 minutes it started to close again, is this normal?

I also have a small mushroom frag, which appears to be shedding, so I'm very curious how that will look once it has finished shedding

 

[Palyzoa]

What kind of lighting do you have, how much flow?

It's not unusual for GSP to close up for a few days randomly especially if it's acclimating to a new system.
What do you mean the mushroom is shedding?
How long have the corals been in the aquarium?

 

[NewGoby]

The corals have been in the system for 2.5hours now, I have about 20 blue LEDS, 20 white & 1 red LED, but may be getting a newer lighting system, it's the same lighting as I used on a freshwater tank before, so I'm not 100% sure of the specs anymore,

and off the head of the mushroom is coming this 'see-through' skin, I read on other forums that that's most likely shedding

 

[Palyzoa]

A picture could be worth a thousand words

I would say they are just acclimating to your system. I would look into reef specific lighting down the road, especially if you plan on keeping more corals.

Congrats on the new corals!

 

[NewGoby]

I definetly will look into reef specific lighting,

Here are two pictures:

 

[NewGoby]

Should I take the 2 of the white LEDS + the red out, so that the hue is more blue?
Although the pictures are much more red, then the aquarium actually is

 

[reef lover]

That is a toadstool leather they tend to shed often...might want more flow...I would also suggest getting some reef lighting really cheap on ebay now a ays as I don' think a freshwaer plant light will support coral growth.

 

[NewGoby]

Alright, thank you! It does look like it's getting enough flow, the shedding layer seems to be moving quite nicely! ^^.

I'll get some new lighting in a day or two from my localshop!

What do you think about the GSP