poker34
New Member
I recently purchased some coral from a LFS that is about 90 minutes away from my house. While there I picked up a devils claw, hairy toadstool, chili coral, and a purple fungia. Before I left the store, the owner recommended I place some MediCoral in the bag to disinfect the coral. He has great looking coral in the store and a ton of them so I took his advice. He knew I was driving 90 minutes to my house so he put the coral in some larger bags with the dip.
Anyway, I got home and acclimated my coral like I normally do. I rinsed the coral with tank water in a seperate container and placed them in my tank. After 3 days, my hairy toadstool and devils claw look TERRIBLE. They look as if they are disintegrating. Do you think the coral were in the dip too long? I was hesitent to keep them in so long (I have read that 10-15 minutes is long enough) but took the experts advice. Before the addition of the coral my parameters were: Temp 78.8, ph 8.2, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20.
Anyway, I got home and acclimated my coral like I normally do. I rinsed the coral with tank water in a seperate container and placed them in my tank. After 3 days, my hairy toadstool and devils claw look TERRIBLE. They look as if they are disintegrating. Do you think the coral were in the dip too long? I was hesitent to keep them in so long (I have read that 10-15 minutes is long enough) but took the experts advice. Before the addition of the coral my parameters were: Temp 78.8, ph 8.2, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 20.
