Emmie Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 we bought a great looking long tentacle plate coral on sunday. so we have had it in our 30 gallon tank for 2 days and the tentacles have yet to swell. they are just shriveled up close to the skeletal. we moved him out of the fallow. we have also dipped him in iodine. i also fed him do you have any suggestions on how to get it back to normal and healthy? plate.tiff Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Give it time, sometimes takes up to a week to settle in. What are your water params? Any pics available? Link to comment
Emmie Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 temp 75 ph: 8.08 calcium: high magnesium:high salinity: was a little high but we fixed that and its bak down to 1.025 dkh:9 Link to comment
Roshan8768 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 These things are super sensitive to parameter changes or tissue damage. The best thing you can do for it it is put it in an area with medium light and flow, leave it alone and keep your water perfect. Jumps in salinity like the one you had are going to affect it pretty badly as are any alkalinity swings. Good luck! Link to comment
PiscesFish Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 +1 with Roshan. Just leave it be and let it acclimate without you touching it too much. Keep it on the sand, I heard they do pretty well on the sand. Also, keep your water parameters stable. But the major thing that I have to recommend is to just leave it alone and stop moving it around as you're stressing it a bit with every move while it's trying to acclimate. That's how I killed my Branching Hammer Coral. I kept moving it and placed it in a bit too much flow. Link to comment
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