I think these are leathers, Help...

[qbnreef]

I am new at this and these are 2 of my first batch of corals in my new 76g Half Moon tank. LFS tested my water and said the parameters were great. Don't have the numbers now. Will be getting a test kit in a couple of days.

I bought these last weekend from LFS. They seemed healthy for a couple of days and now look a bit tired and are falling over.

Please help identify and any comments on there appearance. Any advice would be good. Thank you.

If the pics don't pop up, try right-click and click on "show picture"

 

[JetCat USA]

it may just be me but the pics are just red X's.

 

[scapes]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10850537#post10850537 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JetCat USA
it may just be me but the pics are just red X's.

ditto

 

[scapes]

Re: I think these are leathers, Help...

If the pics don't pop up, try right-click and click on "show picture"

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tried that too, didn't work

 

[qbnreef]

 

[JetCat USA]

first one is a yellow toadstool, second looks like a devils hand and yes both are leathers. have they opened after these pics were taken??

for those getting the red X's still (which most prolly still are)

 

[qbnreef]

Thank you for the indentification and fir hosting the pics. I don't know why it doesn't work from pbase.

They looked pretty much the same this morning. The Yellow Toadstool was open a bit more while the lights were on yesterday. The Devil's hand is unchanged. There is a lot of white film coming off of them, which I noticed yesterday.

They went into the tank on Sunday and have looked like this since Tuesday / Wednesday.

 

[JetCat USA]

the film is the coral shedding, they do that as they grow. if placed under more intense lighting then they are accustomed to they shed pretty often till they acclimate to it, you need to keep the flow up around them during a shed or they'll have a difficult time slothing it off and it can cause deterioration/death of the coral.