Coral

[ethanlovesfish]

I got my coral on Wednesday night and since then the coral has been flaking and looks like rock underneath. WHAT do I DO

 

[Utubereefer]

Pictures are worth a thousand words….

 

[ethanlovesfish]

There!

 

[Utubereefer]

What type of coral is it? What are your system parameters?

 

[Utubereefer]

Looks like a brand new tank…

 

[ethanlovesfish]

All levels are normal
I have 2 fish and 7 crabs in there
The coral is a gsp and I have another one

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

GSP can take a while to adjust and open up after being moved/added to a tank.

 

[Nano_Tuners]

Guessing by the look of your rock that this tank is brand new and not ready for coral

can’t just throw corals in a new system

 

[Rickybobby]

Throw some selcon or some aminos in there and it will open up. You can definitely put corals like that in a brand new tank as long as you have nutrients in the water.

 

[Rmckoy]

There!

The purple part is living flesh .
the polyps sometimes take time to come out .
Gsp is almost impossible to kill . But I would strongly suggest letting the tank mature a little before adding anything else .
Some colour on the rocks will
Help .
As everything matures you will find new colonies of gsp appearing throughout the tank

 

[WisReef]

All levels are normal
I have 2 fish and 7 crabs in there
The coral is a gsp and I have another one

All levels are "normal" according to who? What are the levels that you've measured?

 

[Rmckoy]

All levels are "normal" according to who? What are the levels that you've measured?

Good thing with those rocks . Or water parameters , you wouldn’t have to worry about excessive alk consumption or scraping coralline from the glass ….

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Good thing with those rocks . Or water parameters , you wouldn’t have to worry about excessive alk consumption or scraping coralline from the glass ….

That tank is far from Coraline. Pls
Post tank age w parameters and what tests were used to get readings. Pls don’t add any more corals.

 

[Rmckoy]

All levels are normal
I have 2 fish and 7 crabs in there
The coral is a gsp and I have another one

What size tank ?
What test kits are you using and what are your test results ?

What fish ?
How long has it been running ?

 

[ZoWhat]

Look at dem brand new dry rocks in a brand new system

 

[blaxsun]

Dare I ask if the tank has even been cycled?

 

[ethanlovesfish]

What size tank ?
What test kits are you using and what are your test results ?

What fish ?
How long has it been running ?

10g fluval tank
I’m using top fin test kits
My tests are normal

1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Green Reef Chromis
7 Blue leg hermit crabs

it’s been running for 3 weeks

 

[ethanlovesfish]

Dare I ask if the tank has even been cycled?

Yes it has

 

[ethanlovesfish]

Look at dem brand new dry rocks in a brand new system

It’s been running for 3 weeks and every week I does 5ml if squirms starter

 

[ethanlovesfish]

Look at dem brand new dry rocks in a brand new system

It’s been running for 3 weeks and every week I does 5ml of Aquariam starter