teenyreef Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Looks good! I almost didn't recognize your thread since you changed the title Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Looks good! I almost didn't recognize your thread since you changed the title Thanks! I like title changes a bit, but the 38L was bugging me. To me that is liters, but in the hobby that's long so... Confusion confusion. More corals arrived today. Thanks Kat! Hopefully the cold weather didn't damage them too badly. They are dipped and sitting on the sand bed to adjust to the light. The only thing is I have no idea what two of them are, lol Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Pictures! I got a gorg, some mushrooms, some green palys, and a green nepthea from Kat. Gorg looked great last night, but this morning it looks like something has been eating it??? The one mushroom came in a little flower pot - it looked REALLY cute. It broke though So now it's just a small fragment of tiny flower pot with a mushroom on it. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Jelly of the green nepthea Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Jelly of the green nepthea Thanks Any idea on the gorg? Is that normal? Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 That gorg is necrotic, I had the same thing happen to one of mine on arrival from aquascapers. It will probably fall apart in spectacular fashion over the next 24 hours. However, if even one polyp survives, there is hope. On mine, two polyps survived, and the gorg is still doing well two years later! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yeah, definitely looks toast. Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 That gorg is necrotic, I had the same thing happen to one of mine on arrival from aquascapers. It will probably fall apart in spectacular fashion over the next 24 hours. However, if even one polyp survives, there is hope. On mine, two polyps survived, and the gorg is still doing well two years later! Yeah, definitely looks toast. Tank noob lesson - coral dip is bad for gorgs. Hopefully it'll survive. Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I don't know whether dips are bad for gorgs per se (I didn't dip any of mine), but my general impression is that they're more sensitive to shipping. I've received gorgs by mail three times and in each case they were slower to open than other corals. A dip could be the final straw. Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I like the title of your thread much better now. Everytime I read 38L, for some reason "38 gallons long" is what would pop in my head . Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 I don't know whether dips are bad for gorgs per se (I didn't dip any of mine), but my general impression is that they're more sensitive to shipping. I've received gorgs by mail three times and in each case they were slower to open than other corals. A dip could be the final straw. I see some say yes, some say no. I think the dip was the culprit here. The gorg looked fine before the dip upon arrival. I like the title of your thread much better now. Everytime I read 38L, for some reason "38 gallons long" is what would pop in my head . lol see? Link to comment
TigerLily Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I got 2 gorgs yesterday from KPA. Dipped them both in revive. The yellow photosynthetic one is completely open and started opening up yesterday. The red finger NPS (I've got my fingers crossed here) is slower to open and has just one or two polyps showing so far. I got a purple sea plume gorg from KPA months ago and it took it a few weeks to open up. It also had a slime coat that it shed before opening. Yours is definitely a different type, but is yours definitely losing flesh or could it be sliming? I hope it makes it! That green nepthea Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 I got 2 gorgs yesterday from KPA. Dipped them both in revive. The yellow photosynthetic one is completely open and started opening up yesterday. The red finger NPS (I've got my fingers crossed here) is slower to open and has just one or two polyps showing so far. I got a purple sea plume gorg from KPA months ago and it took it a few weeks to open up. It also had a slime coat that it shed before opening. Yours is definitely a different type, but is yours definitely losing flesh or could it be sliming? I hope it makes it! That green nepthea Definitely losing tissue. It looks like someone wrapped a twig in wool right now Here's hoping feeding, light, flow and getting it glued to a good spot and out of the sand will help it recover! Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Definitely losing tissue. It looks like someone wrapped a twig in wool right now Here's hoping feeding, light, flow and getting it glued to a good spot and out of the sand will help it recover! You'll know quickly whether any of it has survived. Any living tissue will be firm and brighter in color. Mine sloughed off all dead tissue within a day or two. It stank too. Super nasty. Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 The LFS is having a sale this weekend on yellow and blue tangs. I think I am going to get 2. Maybe 3. Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I like them both How is the twig? And there should have been 2mushrooma in the flower pot bag. Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 I'll probably have to get one of those veggie clips, too. I don't have a lot of algae or green stuff in the tank. I think a yellow and a blue - get the most color possible Link to comment
Fishstiks Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 You should go out on a limb and get a yellow, a blue, and a purple one! Totally worht the money Link to comment
teenyreef Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I agree. And don't worry, since you have a small tank they won't get too big Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Tangs are lame get a spiny blue lobster it will be perfect for your tank size. Link to comment
Coolhandreefer Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I vote 2 tangs, 3 would be pushing the limits of your tank size in my opinion. Link to comment
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