Do these LPS look normal?

[Harry g]

Would you say that this candy cane, and favia look normal, I just got them two days ago shipped to me from NY and I think the candy cane looks a little deflated and the favia is bleaching. What can I do?

 

[TX_REEF]

not seeing any photos but bleaching is certainly not normal for a healthy coral

 

[Harry g]

not seeing any photos but bleaching is certainly not normal for a healthy coral

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Candy Cane looks a little rough. I personally have never had any luck with candy canes.

Did you dip the corals?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

The acan looks damaged, did anything sting it? The candy canes almost look like they are reaching up for light, they look long and skinny

 

[skey44]

Favites? Looks like a war coral, looks like it got stung or layed on sand too long. It should recover if it doesn’t continue getting stung. Candy cane looks normal but will likely increase polyp extension as it adapts to tank.
I’d suggest mounting them semi-permanently to prevent unintentional damage from hanging out in the sand bed.

 

[Matt Bravo]

They do look rough, before changing light, flow or position share some test results with us so we can get a better idea of whats going on in the system

 

[Harry g]

Favites? Looks like a war coral, looks like it got stung or layed on sand too long. It should recover if it doesn’t continue getting stung. Candy cane looks normal but will likely increase polyp extension as it adapts to tank.
I’d suggest mounting them semi-permanently to prevent unintentional damage from hanging out in the sand bed.

It’s a Favites Pentagona “war coral” coral I think the issue with the favia was That it was getting blasted by flow and sand leading to bleaching maybe the same thing with the kryptonite candy cane I’ve moved them both further out of flow and the bleaching has stopped on the favia but the kryptonite looks the same.

 

[Harry g]

Candy Cane looks a little rough. I personally have never had any luck with candy canes.

Did you dip the corals?

No I didn’t dip them just because I didn’t have anything to dip with, should I buy something to dip them or will dipping harm them further?

 

[Harry g]

They do look rough, before changing light, flow or position share some test results with us so we can get a better idea of whats going on in the system

I’m buying some test kits tomorrow but I did do a water change to get levels back on track I’ll keep you updated.

 

[Harry g]

The acan looks damaged, did anything sting it? The candy canes almost look like they are reaching up for light, they look long and skinny

I had it a couple inches away from my candy cane but if anything I thought that the favia would be the one stinging it, but I think I had it in to high of flow because the bleaching was coming from where the flow was and sand was getting pushed on to it I’ve moved it into less flow and the bleaching has stopped the candycane still looks the same tho, I have noticed that my peppermint shrimp like to mess with every single one of my corals not sure if there cleaning or not.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

No I didn’t dip them just because I didn’t have anything to dip with, should I buy something to dip them or will dipping harm them further?

I wouldn't unless you noticed pests on them, or if it is a last resort thing. Sometimes dipping coral can stress them out even more and do the opposite of what you want it to do. If moving the candy canes to higher lighting doesn't fix it, then I would dip them.

Coral Dipping

Hey everyone, Just about to get my corals in, and I’ve been seeing a lot of reefers talking about dipping their corals before putting them in the tank... can someone give me the skinny on this process, pros, cons (if any) how to’s, what corals you do this with, what kind of product you have had...

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[Harry g]

No I didn’t dip them just because I didn’t have anything to dip with, should I buy something to dip them or will dipping harm them further?

I wouldn't unless you noticed pests on them, or if it is a last resort thing. Sometimes dipping coral can stress them out even more and do the opposite of what you want it to do. If moving the candy canes to higher lighting doesn't fix it, then I would dip them.

Coral Dipping

Hey everyone, Just about to get my corals in, and I’ve been seeing a lot of reefers talking about dipping their corals before putting them in the tank... can someone give me the skinny on this process, pros, cons (if any) how to’s, what corals you do this with, what kind of product you have had...

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Would you move them up already? I got them three days ago in the night and they still look a little deflated on the sand bed, I’m running an ai prime on a 20 gallon tall 24”



Here’s them today

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

What percentage is your lights set at? Should be around 90% IMO

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Would you move them up already? I got them three days ago in the night and they still look a little deflated on the sand bed, I’m running an ai prime on a 20 gallon tall 24”



Here’s them today

I personally would move them up to see what would happen

 

[Harry g]

What percentage is your lights set at?

This is my schedule

 

[Harry g]

And this is where it sits but it’s more to the right now about 4” moved faviate to the right of the arch below wavemaker