ID corals on new live rock

[sikemd]

I picked up 2 piece of LR earlier from LFS with some corals attached. Would like to know what they are.

This new rock was covered in these, they were mostly colored purplish/orange/brownish when they were in the tank at the fish store but now most of it is white. They were also not completely flat when they were in the fish store tank and appeared to have some portion of them elevated (made me believe they were alive). I have it at the top of the tank but covered the light directly over them for now. There are areas of the rock that were clearly alive but dead now. I'm not sure if that effects the whole colony and the rest will die with it or if the individual circles (not sure what to call them?) are independent. Hoping they survive and recolor, but what are they? Can I expect them to recolor/live?

The white things in the center of the picture here. I actually think I have these in random places all over the tank from the LR shipment I got from tampa bay salt water, the ones on my older rock have tentacles sticking out, most of them are still white but are starting to get some orangish color. Not sure what they are? You can see them better in the attached photos at the bottom.

These are not new but came with the LR when I bought the tank. The woman I bought it from said they were "Pizza Polyps" but I couldn't find anything regarding that name. They look like land mushrooms. The center of the pictures, the tan colored polyps. They have been finicky since day one except the big open one and I'm still not sure if it is properly colored.

What type of brain coral is that in the pictures, and does it look alive? It was on the bottom of the tank at the fish store. It's hard to the touch but has some decent color. It looks pretty cool as it is now, hoping it is a alive and will continue to live.

 

[bios]

Hi
First is a porites .have to verify
If some parts are alive and if yes place it where actinic and low med flow
Algae si halimeda
Mushroom is the green one
Palythoa si the colony
LPS on the left must be a wellsophyllia radiata
Place it on the sand actinic light
and feed it before shut of light using ammino solution spread around

 

[sikemd]

Thank you so much! You nailed it, exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated.

Is the porties rock OK at the top of the tank in high lighting (after acclimated)? I run 2-T5 54W and 2-T5 28W, ATI Coral Plus and ATI Aquablue Special bulbs, one of each bulb in each setup with supplemental blue LED strips. It's in a lower flow area but once I remove the screen covering the light it will be directly underneath the lights (maybe 6-8" below). The rock fits perfect and looks great where I have it but I will move it if it's going to be detrimental to the corals. 90% of the white area has regained some color already so I guess that is a good sign.

The brain/wellsophyllia radiata appears to have some damaged areas, one or 2 small areas where I can see what I can only describe as 'flesh wounds' from being transported and whatnot, I guess it will heal itself? It doesn't look too bad, and still has some color, mostly pink with some shades of green and areas of dark purple. I will move it down to the bottom into the sand today, it will be safer from getting knocked over by snails or urchins at the bottom anyway.

Both the porties and brain are under the covered area of my lighting so most of the lighting they are receiving for now is indirect... approximately how long should I keep the light above them covered, or should I simply wait until they appear 'happy'?

 

[bios]

Try to Give them more actinic light instead of cover light
and feed them .spread a round them solution of 10ml of water from tank and one drop of amminoacids and one drop of zooplancton
Since they coloured

 

[sikemd]

The brain is almost totally bleached now and I can see the thin spines... It looks like it shedding all of its flesh. I just moved it to the sand bed and misted it with an amino acid/water mixture, but I'm thinking it might already be dead?

 

[bios]

Post a pic

 

[bios]

Water values Also please

 

[sikemd]

Parameters have been pretty close to perfect for quite some time. I only have drop testers, I'm all but certain they are still on point everything else seems fine. I think it could possibily bounce back, the one little area that was dinged up was pretty bad, it crushed part of the skeleton in that area. The area that was damaged is probably a little smaller than a dime. A good bit of the thin flesh that is elevated off the skeleton came off freely when I moved it, but most of it is still covered in what looks like a bubble of thin skin.

I will do parameter tests in a little bit and post results though.

 

[bios]

So sorry
It was under too much light and very ungry
Wait for your tests
It was very difficult to restore it from its condition

 

[sikemd]

Ah oh well. I tucked it a little further back under the rocks. Thanks for your help!

 

[DeniseAndy]

The first could be starlet coral. It is a common coral found on live rock from caribbean. It will grow anywhere really. The brain coral (from looking could be many types from platygyra to trachy to goniastrea to that family type) is definitely bleached. I would try to get it under lower flow and moderate light. Feed the tank some reef roids.

The rest I agree with the op.

 

[bios]

Forma LPS acclimatization si the first step and the most important
If water parameters are OK
They must be under actinic light only .since they start to blow and must be feed with liquid amino only but they have to be feed
Cause they adapt their methabolism to new condition

 

[sikemd]

What exactly do you mean by actinic light? Just "actinic" model bulbs? Couldn't really find a real explanation to what exactly actinic lighting is by definition.

 

[bios]

Blu . blu royal .violet
That is a spectrum that dont stress lps corals

 

[bios]

In A coral there is equilibrium betwen what zooxantelles give to it and what it catch from water by polyps
When you change this equilibrium coral suffer
Acclimatization give to coral possibility to adapt itself to new condition of life

 

[DeniseAndy]

Actinic is also around the 420nm if that helps you sort it out.

 

[sikemd]

I ordered a new 4xT5HO fixture to replace my 2xT5HO and 2xT5 fixtures I'm using now. I'm going to use one of the current fixtures with solely Actinic bulbs for acclimating future coral additions. Would you guys suggest I use the HO fixture or the standatd T5 fixture for this? It's a 90 gallon 48" long bow front.

I tested the water and the test wasn't as good as I had expected (ammonia/nitrite), results below. I hadn't tested in probably 2 weeks or so. I've been feeding/dosing more often since I added new live rock and corals, hoping to keep the filter feeders alive and I'm guessing that's what's caused the increase. I'm sure this was especially detrimental to the new additions as well as the rest of the tank. I did a 15% WC and added a full tank dose of prime and ammonia and nitrite are back to 0.

Ammonia / API test (0.25)
Nitrite / API test (somewhere between 0-0.25, a bit darker blue than the 0ppm reading on the chart)
PH / Electronic Probe (8.0)
Salinity / Floating hyromerter (1.024)
Temperature / Electronic probe (82.2ºF)
Phosphate / API test (0)
Calcium / API test (somewhere between 410-440, hard to tell)

Besides correcting parameters I adjusted flow rate over the first coral (porties/starlet?) and they have started to rise off the rock. I'm not sure if that can help narrow down the species. Still some bleached sections of the colony, not sure if they will revive or not, if they're dead will the colony spread/regrow over the dead spots? Should I continue misting and direct feeding these for the time being? I do not direct feed anything else in the tank except my larger anemones. Pics attached.

The brain still looks bad, about 50% of the 'flesh' layer looks gone and pure white skeleton exposed. The remaining flesh/skin looks to have receded back in closer to the skeleton and appears lesser transparent with some slight shade of pink/orange/brown might just be algae on dead skin, but has me curious and slightly hopeful of a slim chance recovery. I have it in a mostly shaded area, and should be very low flow. Should I continue misting with amino and attempting to direct feed it? Pics attached.

 

[DeniseAndy]

If you had ammonia and nitrite, your bacteria level did not handle the additions. Could have been rock die off. Hope everything begins to look up soon.

 

[bios]

Everyones had the Same bad experiences at the beginning
Hope everything gonna be all right soon