Soft coral help

[GillianB]

Just today I got my first soft corals and I am noticing some things that don’t seem right some of the corals have some greenish brown on them and some are looking wilty
is this normal for new corals or should it be fixed and how
Thanks!
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[JosephM]

Looks like you have some vermatid worms on the Duncan and tons of feather dusters. The Kenya tree and other aren’t looking too hot. What are your params and age of tank

 

[dhanking]

Corals are always a little upset on their first day. Look again in 3 days max.

 

[GillianB]

Looks like you have some vermatid worms on the Duncan and tons of feather dusters. The Kenya tree and other aren’t looking too hot. What are your params and age of tank

Nitrates are between 0-5
Nitrite is 0
Ammonia is 0
Ph is 8.2
I do not have a test for alkaline phosphate or calcium but I plan on getting one today
The Tank has been running since last august
There is a golden blenny and 2 clowns in the tank as well as a condy anemone that has been doing well
The corals I was concerned about last night seemed to have improved overnight accept for my Xenia, that looks very wilty today. I will attached a picture of it

how do you get rid of the worms you mentioned?

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[Dark_Knightt]

As @dhanking suggested, wait a few days. Is the one with the feather dusters a GSP? Mine also has a small feather duster on it.

 

[Tcook]

That xenia is fine. Hard to kill. Like others have said wait a few days. I would also leave it as a separate island as you have it or it will be everywhere.

 

[GillianB]

As @dhanking suggested, wait a few days. Is the one with the feather dusters a GSP? Mine also has a small feather duster on it.

I’m not exactly sure what a GSP is sorry

 

[noobreefer2]

GSP stands for Green Star Polyp

 

[Dark_Knightt]

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[DeniseAndy]

Was the duncan only one head when you got it?
The Kenyan tree just needs some flow. Should be fine.
The GSP (tan mat softie with green polyps should recover, but may want to blow some of the algae off of it with turkey baster.
Guessing flow was off for pictures?
Oh, Xenia looks fine.

 

[Tcook]

GSP stands for Green Star Polyp

 

[GillianB]

GSP stands for Green Star Polyp

Was the duncan only one head when you got it?
The Kenyan tree just needs some flow. Should be fine.
The GSP (tan mat softie with green polyps should recover, but may want to blow some of the algae off of it with turkey baster.
Guessing flow was off for pictures?
Oh, Xenia looks fine.

Yea the Duncan only had one head

but today I have another problem I got a green BTA
From what I found they are ok to have in reef aquariums but shortly after adding it in the corals seemed very unhappy
I was told that they wouldn’t be a problem with my other anemone as long as they don’t touch eachother but something isn’t right
Thanks for all your help

 

[DeniseAndy]

BTAs are fine in aquariums, but can be finicky if not healthy. Having too much affect on the others should not be an issue unless it is dying.
I forgot to ask and did not see in responses, how large is your tank? This can be a factor keeping certain corals and anemones together.
Could just be the fact that you added something to the tank that the corals are unhappy. You bothered them messing around in the water. Leathers are particularly crazy like this.

 

[GillianB]

Was the duncan only one head when you got it?
The Kenyan tree just needs some flow. Should be fine.
The GSP (tan mat softie with green polyps should recover, but may want to blow some of the algae off of it with turkey baster.
Guessing flow was off for pictures?
Oh, Xenia looks fine.

Yes

BTAs are fine in aquariums, but can be finicky if not healthy. Having too much affect on the others should not be an issue unless it is dying.
I forgot to ask and did not see in responses, how large is your tank? This can be a factor keeping certain corals and anemones together.
Could just be the fact that you added something to the tank that the corals are unhappy. You bothered them messing around in the water. Leathers are particularly crazy like this.

it is a 30 gallon tank
There is another nem in the tank I am having issues IDing it though it is either a condy or a LTA but I was told that either way they should be fine as long as they don’t touch
The new BTA looks very healthy
Thanks

 

[Tcook]

How old is this tank?

 

[GillianB]

How old is this tank?

9 months