Dead gsp needhelp

[mushy coral]

I sold this small tank to my friend that live near me with a back wall of GSP that was completely fine we he came by and took it. I drain the tank water to a container and just leave the sand bed in the tank with the old filter media in the filter chamber. The sand got stired up during transportation but it was a thin layer sandbed (1-2cm/less than and inch). Tank is about 20liters/8gallon. He brought home and put back the water in with the new dry rock as layout. The gsp in firstday after sold still open but day later start to close and have these brown thing on their heads. Any ideas what they got and anyway to save the gsp? Thanks!

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

It is very hard to kill GSP IME. When I had a Dino outbreak in my tank which lasted for months my GSP were closed up the whole time and I thought they were done for. Low and behold when I finally defeated the Dinos the GSP opened back up. I would give it time.

 

[mushy coral]

It is very hard to kill GSP IME. When I had a Dino outbreak in my tank which lasted for months my GSP were closed up the whole time and I thought they were done for. Low and behold when I finally defeated the Dinos the GSP opened back up. I would give it time.

They definately hard to die off! The gsp having problem but his nems are not so i did tell him to try do wc and put in some active carbon then give them time to heal but hes been pessimistic and sure they gon die all lol

 

[GSPClown94]

Looks like tentacles partially emerged. Could be stress from the move or something else preventing them from fully opening. Unless they were left out of water long enough to completely dry up, I doubt they are dead.

 

[BryanM]

First tank for your friend? That's always stressful.

 

[Marine Betta]

I sold this small tank to my friend that live near me with a back wall of GSP that was completely fine we he came by and took it. I drain the tank water to a container and just leave the sand bed in the tank with the old filter media in the filter chamber. The sand got stired up during transportation but it was a thin layer sandbed (1-2cm/less than and inch). Tank is about 20liters/8gallon. He brought home and put back the water in with the new dry rock as layout. The gsp in firstday after sold still open but day later start to close and have these brown thing on their heads. Any ideas what they got and anyway to save the gsp? Thanks!

What are the parameters? I would like expect the anemones to react first to bad water quality, but it’s always good to know. GSP (and a lot of other soft corals) can be weird. They’ll sometimes close for a couple of days if algae or detritus accumulates. They’ll shed it off, and open up again. This is more common in leathers, but I have seen other soft corals do it too.

 

[mushy coral]

Looks like tentacles partially emerged. Could be stress from the move or something else preventing them from fully opening. Unless they were left out of water long enough to completely dry up, I doubt they are dead.

He lives near me. About 5-7mins driving and he had the tank water in the container so i guess maybe maximum of 15mins out of water but they still moist.

 

[mushy coral]

First tank for your friend? That's always stressful.

No he kept few tanks before but this one i believe is the smallest tank he ever keep.

 

[mushy coral]

What are the parameters? I would like expect the anemones to react first to bad water quality, but it’s always good to know. GSP (and a lot of other soft corals) can be weird. They’ll sometimes close for a couple of days if algae or detritus accumulates. They’ll shed it off, and open up again. This is more common in leathers, but I have seen other soft corals do it too.

I have no idea about the parameters when he took the tank. This tank been running without skimmer for nearly a year and been thru 2 cyano outbreaks. Im sure that no3 and po4 are not low but they still in an acceptable range cause the gsp and my nems in the tank been perfectly fine. My biggest suspect is that when he brought the tank home, sandbed got stirred up and release stuff that trapped in it. And he also remove the old rockwork and add new rock in and i dont know if it cycled or not

 

[BryanM]

removed old and added new rock.... Now its time for the uglies. Probably why things are in distress.

Most people also do not recommend reusing sand for this very reason. :(