New to Corals...help please

[hardimanm]

So...another update...

As of this afternoon I'm "maybe" a little hopeful. I moved them up in the tank. A few seem to be falling apart and a few already fell off the rock but the rest seem to be holding together. They are still pale, but they were a pale color to begin with. I have notice that, although I have not seen them open, they appear to have orrientated themselves to the direction on the light. The stalks have lengthen it appears... of corse I could be looney and making all this up...hope not.

So...is this a good sign or am I looking into this more than I should.

 

[gflat65]

Got any pics?

 

[hardimanm]

pictures

pictures

here are a few pictures..maybe you can help

 

[gflat65]

Are they peeling/popping off the rock en masse? I've seen that with colonies that weren't given much time to heal after shipping. I've seen some zoa colonies after initial shipping that look like death for several weeks before coming around (a lot of them are shipped from the exporter dry in damp newspaper). Many places can't hold on to them long enough to let them fully acclimate and heal, so the stress continues in their new home. A mild Lugol's dip might help, but no guarantees. Pics are a little blurry, but they don't look like they are definite goners. When you start to see white, flowy slime looking stuff between polyps, or really tightly pinched polyps, it's not a good sign, but those don't look that far yet.

 

[hardimanm]

Update

Update

Well...good news.

Last night i noticed that 1 was opening a little. Today about 4 are opening up a bit....yeah!!!!!!!!!

Hope this continues...