Please help! !!!

[Mariah Stewart]

I've got a 30g set up. It's been set up for about 5 months. It inhabits the following...
Fish..
1 bangi cardinal
1 coral beauty
1 black & white clown fish
1 damsel
A few snails and hermit crabs
1 cleaner shrimp
1 sea urchant

Corals..
Finger leather
Candy cane coral
Green leather tree. I don't know it's actual name
And a few kenya trees..

I'm writing this post in hopes that someone can help me with my kenya trees...iI believe they are either dead or trying to die. I've had my water tested and nothing is wrong with my water it's perfect. I only run my lights around 6-8 hours a day.

 

[cjsreefaus]

Looks like you have some nutrient issues .

 

[Naiad]

They don't look that bad. How long have you had them?

 

[Mariah Stewart]

This is a fee pictures of our tank right now and some of the things in it.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

I've had them about a week or so... how can I help bring them back to life?? I absolutely loved them.

 

[cjsreefaus]

How old is the tank. What are your parameters.

 

[Naiad]

I think they are fine. You haven't experienced a shed yet that's all. When moved to a new tank or they experience large change in parameters Kenya trees will shed of their outer layer.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

The tank is about 5-6 months old...and I'm not excatly sure the parameters my lfs always checks my water once a week and when I got kenya trees he said my water was perfect.

 

[Naiad]

I would advise getting test kits of your own so you can check in case of emergency but honestly a Kenya tree is likely the last of your corals to show signs if something was up.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

How long will it take for them to come back?? I've never had my coral die...now fish is a different story lol I've lost hundreds of dollars in fish. I'm worried about my coral.. I hate having something die in my tank.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

How long will it take for them to come back?? I've never had my coral die...now fish is a different story lol I've lost hundreds of dollars in fish. I'm worried about my coral.. I hate having something die in my tank.

 

[Naiad]

They will stay closed for a day or two. Increasing flow a little helps to remove the old "skin". They can look ghastly during this process.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

So I should just let them stay where they are and do nothing for now? How will I know when they die if they are going to?

 

[Naiad]

If a soft coral starts to die they just melt away. They have no real solid skeleton so tissue just comes off and holes appear. Generally a shedding will appear shinny or waxy were as a dead coral will dull out and lose color.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

Ok so I will move them to a spot closer to the power head but they the spot they are in gets good flow. I will see if that helps.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

These kenya trees are like a grayish white color. And they did this over night...yesterday they were big pretty and healthy looking so that's why I was wondering what was up.

 

[Mariah Stewart]

I have 3 pieces and all three are in different spots of the tank and look the same.

 

[Naiad]

I would also double check your nitrate lvls, not that it would hurt a Kenya tree but it looks like your tank is growing algae that could become an issue later.

 

[Naiad]

All three added at the same time?

 

[Naiad]

All your other corals and inverts are open and acting fine?