mrscuito9833 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) So, my mother has a thing for Kenya's and about a week and a half ago I add one. Not bad looking as far as Kenya's go lavender with lime green branches. However, I have not seen any polyp extension and every day it seems smaller and smaller. Any ideas? Sorry the pic is very bad. 65g 12g eshops sump 2x Viperspectra 165w set to 10% white 40% blue 240dc Simplicity Skimmer eFlux 1900 return pump set to about 40% maxed out for eshops 800gph external overflow 2x eFlux 800 wave pumps Red Sea Coral Pro Salt PH 8.2 Salt 35 ppt Calcium 420 mg/l KH 17 ppm Phosphate 0 ppm Nitrates 0 ppm Temp set to 77F but stays 79-80F RODI 0 tds Edited April 24, 2023 by mrscuito9833 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbash Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Can u get a better pic? looks sorta like a sinularia actually if it is they do stay close for a while to shed and stuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscuito9833 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 Best I can do with my phone. I need to get a camera. The coral in question didn't have any polyp extension at the unnamed questionable store but was plump and looked like a bonsai tree. All my corals are softies at the moment the only exception is a green Galaxia who's kept top center and away from everybody else. most my zoas are newer and were shipped but even they open for a few hours a day.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbash Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 yeah thats definitely not a kenya tree. Im like 90% sure its a sinularia or some leather finger coral. Its probably shedding rn, takes a week or two. GIve it some flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandVib3s Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Probably needs nutrients (nitrates/Phosphate) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Def looks like it’s shedding. Whenever I would have the brown shed lingering I would blow it off with a wavemaker and it really helped speed up its recovery from that upset state. Also as mentioned, with nitrate/phosphate zeroed out, most corals are gonna be pissed. I would probably feed more to bring them up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardUp Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 It looks like an upset leather of some sort. In my tank, they tend to like slightly dirty water. However, that lil guy could just be adapting, or shedding, or just having a Tuesday. Did it look like the attached pictures by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscuito9833 Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) Yes, just like that. I did like suggested and pointed a wave maker at it and the next day it shed, and I can now see polyps. I hope it ends up looking like yours. In the store it had no color and no polyp extension, but it had nice structure. I saw it at the store for more than 3 weeks before I bought it. When I brought it home the color was great under my lights however shortly after it shrank slimed and looked sadder than at the store. I hope it's truly on the mend. Edited April 27, 2023 by mrscuito9833 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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