Help please!!! I think my coral is dying

[Amy Dawson]

I've had my aquarium running for about 2 months. Everything is going great. Fishes n such all happy. This morning when I looked at it a piece of my coral looks sick. I attached a pic. His limbs are droopy now and he has a white kinda slimy web like thing hanging on him. Can anyone help?? He also developed like little bumps on him. Idk if it's normal or not and I can't remember the name of the coral also I got a piece of live rock at petco and it started popping up apatasia (sp) everywhere and there are dark red patches of growth on it.

 

[Tahoe61]

Not uncommon for soft coral (and other types) to withdraw polyps and close up for short periods. You can see the coral shedding to rid it's self of detritus accumulation or algae growth.
Check your water chemistry to make sure everything is in line.
If chemistry is in line and all other coral types look fine then just give the coral some time to open back up.

 

[themcnertney]

Doesn't look too good. Are you able to post some water parameters?

 

[iLLwiLL]

I'd return that rock asap, personally I wouldn't put anything from petco in any of my tanks without a major quarantine process. your leather looks fine, closed up ... maybe shedding, but fine.

 

[Amy Dawson]

The water parameters are perfect. Thank you so much for your help!!! I'm already attached to these lil guys lol. I will take out the rock right away. Thank you

 

[blacktippr]

Any aluminum based phosphate removing media in the tank.
Or marine pure blocks.

 

[Amy Dawson]

I had to google that to find out what it was but no neither in the tank. I actually googled leather coral shedding and that's exactly what it looks like so hopefully it's just shedding

 

[Amy Dawson]

And the back limbs that were like drooping down are back up