lil' concerned

about three days ago i bought a kenya tree coral,it was fine when it first went in,but a day later it seemed to droop a lil bit,2 days later it is not drooping it looks like it is saggin'(tired looking) i wanted to knoww if anyone has experienced this with theirs? and if so is it something to be concerned about???

 

I wouldnt be concerned, I traded for some kenya trees a while back and when I got them I swore they were all dead but after a few days they started looking better and better, They are a very easy coral to keep in my opinion and very very hardy. Mine do the same thing every couple of months they will wither up and look like there dieing for a day or 2 and then there back to normal.

 

I agree. Kenya tree coral can take a bit of time to acclimate to your system, but once they do, they are very hardy. If this is a freshly cut frag, sometimes running a little activated carbon can clean the water up a tad, thus easing the transition.

Best of luck!

 

i think it is dying...one of my larger hermits walked over it and it kinda disintegrated where it walked over it..anybody have an i dea of what might have happened.

 

I would not know. What are your water parameters like? Also, unless it has completely turned black or fallen apart, I would not give up hope. A friend of mine had a soft coral look like it was going to die on her--long story short--it split off and recovered.

Perhaps there was not enough current for it?

Anne

 

did you acclimate your coral and if you did for how long? it might just be adjusting to the tank if it doesnt look better soon maby try moving it to a different area of the tank because depending on the coral they like different types of water flow and lighting maby that would help

 

Mine does the same thing for a few days at a time. It will look shriveled and shrunk then open up after a few days. They do like strong current. When you think its too strong....its probably not. Seems like the more current the better mine does.

Jay

 

baby snails????

well my kenya finally disintegrated....after that corals would not come out all the way...does anybody know if the kenya dying affected my water condition????

 

Manny that would be a good guess to me. Got any pics of them?

 

well my corals are out again but i had mushroom casualties...dont know what happened kenya died the corals hid then mushroom death...?ive learned that in this hobby you have to expect the unexpected! (water parameters were perfect.):-/