Need advice

dlh · Apr 7, 2022

Just received a bubble pearl coral and a green bubble anonome I dipped the coral and
Drip acclimated them separately. They have been in the tank for about 8 hours. Is it normal for them to look bad? Or do they just take time to acclimate?

Mr. Mojo Rising · Apr 7, 2022

Ouch, not normal. Maybe you can share some tank info and people can try to help. Tank age, parameters, other corals?… etc

thomas_neil · Apr 7, 2022

dlh said:
Just received a bubble pearl coral and a green bubble anonome I dipped the coral and
Drip acclimated them separately. They have been in the tank for about 8 hours. Is it normal for them to look bad? Or do they just take time to acclimate?

They can take a few days to open fully, need time to get used to your tank and lighting.

MrGisonni · Apr 7, 2022

The pearl bubble is stressed. Check your water quality and don't blast new additions with too much light

dlh · Apr 7, 2022

Tank is 4 months old. Have clownfish and other corals doing fine. I check everything daily! They were shipped fedex and had a delay of a day

MrGisonni · Apr 7, 2022

Maybe the clown been getting too friendly with it? They will nip at and wiggle around in large polyp fleshy corals like they would an anemone. The shipping stress combined with constant clownfish love maybe why it is not opening