Bubble coral just added

[Dirtyshoez]

Hey everyone. I added this piece and it has not been acclimating well from the looks of things.. can I get some opinions. I dripped it in, and let it rest, but since I have dipped, iodine, and restore. Just seeing if you guys can give me insight on a newly added bubble before getting comfortable with the tank?

1st pic is minutes after a dip, 2nd is the gunk/tissue that came off of it, and 1st is 12hrs after acclimate.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Not sure how you did the dip but unfortunately its almost dead, I'm sorry but I would be surprised if it recovered from that, but there's always a chance. Keep the tank parameters as stable as possible. Good luck to you

 

[Dirtyshoez]

dang. Preciate it. Live and learn i guess

 

[Shirak]

Difficult to ship them without the flesh getting all torn up by the big sharp skutes. They are pretty hardy so as long as there isn't any infection and the flesh is good otherwise it may come back. Not sure which picture I am looking at but the bubbles appear to be inflating on one end so that's good. They can retract quite a bit and look really awful so don't use that as a gage. Just iodine and restore in the dip? That should be fine.

And you did a drip? Corals shouldn't be dripped.. float bag to temperature adjust, dip, rinse, put in tank.

 

[Dirtyshoez]

Difficult to ship them without the flesh getting all torn up by the big sharp skutes. They are pretty hardy so as long as there isn't any infection and the flesh is good otherwise it may come back. Not sure which picture I am looking at but the bubbles appear to be inflating on one end so that's good. They can retract quite a bit and look really awful so don't use that as a gage. Just iodine and restore in the dip? That should be fine.

And you did a drip? Corals shouldn't be dripped.. float bag to temperature adjust, dip, rinse, put in tank.

Good to know. I did it exactly like fish, float for temp, drip for water, and then dip and in the tank. Yeah it is inflating on one side and shows good color down in the part that is deflated.

 

[Shirak]

Thanks for the picture. It's in pretty bad shape. Should have tissue all over those ridges. Keep a close eye on the part that's not inflating for infection in the tissue that's left. I think I would be contacting the seller and tell them this thing is really unhealthy and should never have been shipped.. There wasn't that much coral flesh in the dip bucket so it was in bad shape when it went into the box!

 

[BristleWormHater]

Make sure your parameters are on point, I would continue doing Iodine dips every 2-3 days. I think it can recover, the fact that its opening on one side is a good sign.