Save a Coral

[Paul Davies]

Guys,

Can you answer me this simple question :-

I took a coral off a friend tonight to try and save in my tank, its some sort of Softie, Kenya / Tree coral.

My question is that it seem to be really withdrawn and not half the size it used to be, do corals generally pick up if in better surroundings ? Would this have a good chance as my corals seem to be fine. Do softies recover well ?

 

[jbittner]

The better question might be "what's wrong with your buddies tank?". IMO easier to fix the problem than move it.

 

[jbittner]

Oh, it sounds like you already have it.

 

[zacharytrimble]

They may be a little shy for a few days just because it switched environments...even if it's a better environment...give it a week, then I'd worry.

 

[Dubbin1]

I'm betting that there was nothing wrong with it in your buddies tank. from time to time leathers will shrink up and look REALLY bad (sometimes for weeks) when they shed.

 

[Paul Davies]

yes, but it seems to have got smaller and limp.

 

[jbittner]

Signs of shedding--might need more flow (or my remedy a turkey baster) to shed the skin. Don't blast to hard

 

[conefree]

Softies will shrink down to a fraction of their original size for several days or more. Just keep an eye on it and try to put it in approximately the same location so it doesn't have light acclimation issues. Good luck!

 

[skeeter-doc]

never worry about a soft coral unless you visually see that it is actually falling apart and disintigrating

 

[Paul Davies]

pics coming in a min.

 

[Paul Davies]

Here are a couple :-

Here are a couple :-

what are your thoughts ???

 

[cristhiam]

That's what they look when they're stressed/moved. Should take a couple of days, it looks fine thoug, my leather looks like that a few times a month an I have it for 2+ years.

 

[Paul Davies]

cheers buddy.

Do any of you have one of these?

If so, where do you have succes with it ? fast flow ??

regards

PAul

 

[rustybucket145]

Medium flow, medium-high light. Might want to watch out for those toadstools. They might not appreciate the new coral so close to them. They pack a pretty nasty punch.

 

[Paul Davies]

do they ???

didnt know that, cheers. I might need to move him.

any other suggestions ???

 

[cristhiam]

another suggestion is if you move it away from the toads leave it there for a while, the more you move the more upset it will be causing it to talke longer to open

 

[Paul Davies]

I found out since that my friends tank had high salt levels. 1.030+

so thats why the coral must have been stressed !!!

 

[lpkirby]

Maybe the salinity, just give it some time before sending it back to him. You may even take a frag of it incase he loses his, you will have it growing in your tank.

 

[Paul Davies]

I think i will, we ususally do that for each other anyway.

To solve his problem, I gave him all my R/O so he can drop the salinity over a period of time.

Is that a possible reason why the coral seems unhappy ?