Dying gorgonian coral?

[Omakoshark]

 

[Omakoshark]

I recently ordered this really nice piece of gorg, but after looking at it in the tank for a few day, I started noticing a few spots that look sick. Almost like the flesh is slowly coming apart. What do y’all think???

 

[esther]

Corals sometimes take a couple of days to acclimate. Hard to tell from the photo. Do you have any other gorgonians in your tank? Any polyp extention?

 

[Omakoshark]

No other gorgs. The polyps are just starting to come out. It looks to be a slow process. I’ll try and get a better pic.

 

[Omakoshark]

 

[esther]

No other gorgs. The polyps are just starting to come out. It looks to be a slow process. I’ll try and get a better pic.

I would give it a couple of weeks. If you're starting to have polyp extension, then it's healthy. We got a gorgonian that had some flesh missing and it healed up nicely and we have great polyp extension and it's been about 2 months since we put it in the tank.

 

[esther]

What are your water parameters?

 

[Omakoshark]

Ok great . I’ll keep an eye on the sick looking parts. If they seem to get worse then I’ll start a new thread about it.

 

[Omakoshark]

Haven’t tested in a bit. But all my other corals look amazing so I’m not too concerned about that.

 

[Omakoshark]

I’m pretty sure nitrates are up a little but I heard gorgs like that.

 

[vetteguy53081]

They like good flow, salinity range of 1.025 and Hopefully it was not exposed to air and it shuld remain underwater when bagged and unpacked.

 

[Omakoshark]

It did expose it to air win putting it in the tank, but that was after talking to multiple people about this species and if that would be a problem. The said Yellow Sea whips would be fine if exposed to air.