Mushrooms, toadstool,and green star polyps DYING or still adjusting

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  1. freddie.b

    freddie.b Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Hello everyone I have a 56 gallon aquarium with pc lighting 130 watts.
    I have been in the hobby for 2 years but just recently decided to make it a reef tank from fowlr and the corals I started off with and still doing biscuit I just purchased from a individual are not. I'm not sure if its a lighting issue or the adjusting from one tank to another.the mushrooms are starting to turn in to slime and the polyps still haven't opened yet.the toadstool is up but not looking as good as it used to .
    PLEASE HELP ME...
     
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  2. Toallhisdoom

    Toallhisdoom Dragon Wrasse

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    probably just shock. Give them some time to adjust. And might be the lights, probably not enough for them. Need at least a good t5 system.
     
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  3. jtnova13

    jtnova13 Bristle Worm

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    Could be a number of things. Did you acclimate them properly?

    Light shock, water params being off. As for polyp extension it could be a flow issue (too much or too little).

    GSP and Shroomies are pretty low light req and i've seen em thrive under PC lighting, what are your water params?
     
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  4. freddie.b

    freddie.b Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    yeah I heard they are low light, and its crazy cause the corals I've purchased from lfs are doing great hammer coral, leather finger, and large green poylp.. I could not put them im slowly because I just had them in a bucket and it was like an hour long trip and I noticed the water was already cold...
     
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    freddie.b Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Only been in my tank for 3 days now
     
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  6. jtnova13

    jtnova13 Bristle Worm

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    could just be that they are still acclimating because they were just tossed into water with different params.
     
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  7. freddie.b

    freddie.b Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Just notice 2 of the polyps actually out but only for a short time..hopefully they all do the same thanks for the help and knowledge....
     
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  8. cosmo

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    Can you list water param's and pictures?

    But if ya had them in cold water and then threw them in warm water, under different lighting and flow, they're probably shocked. My toadstool stays closed for a few days if I put a TV program on he doesn't like, let alone move it, same with a few of my zoa's and paly's. If the rest of your corals are fine, I'd just give it some time.
     
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  9. jtnova13

    jtnova13 Bristle Worm

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    One of my toadies polyps didnt come out for weeks before.
     
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