Kenya Tree (purple)

PhilliePhil

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recently I had someone give (free, how do you say no) me a purple kenya tree that was in excellent condition. Very beautiful specimen. I had no intention of adding the kenya, but like I mentioned above, it was free and I had room for it....which are two horrible reasons, I know.

Well, this morning I woke up and it was "slumped over" this morning. I don't have a camera and didn't think of snapping a shot of it with my phone, the camera works really well on my phone. I will try to be as descriptive as possible: Last night it was standing "at attention" with no hint of any problems. This morning it was slumped over about 1.5" from the "stalk/stem".

my param's perfect, but my temp did dip to 72 degrees last night due to a heater issue that has been resolved. I have a 10 gallon tank with a clown and some hermits in there. The only other coral is a leather cabbage, which is doing great. I think my lighting maybe an issue, I have 56-60 watts of PC right now.

Is this part of its acclimation process or do I have a dying coral on my hands? If its dying, is there anything I can do to save it?
 
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Leathers/softies are notoriuos for this. It may stay slumped over for a few days (and will decide when to slump over regardless of conditions). Just keep everything constant (and near lower limits on water parameters) and it should be fine. Maybe try moving it in several days if it is still slumped. Sometimes, they need a little less flow to be happy initially. If it is purple, I'm thinking it might be a Lemnalia sp. I don't have much experience with Lemnalia's, so search and see if it looks like them. Maybe lower light (esp. initially). HTH.
 
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