Corals smell bad

[princess8077]

I received an order today and the water/coral smells bad (funky

) - is this normal? Do they have an odor? They look funny too - laying over not upright and so forth. I'm new to this, so I'm not sure what I'm suppose to expect.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

 

[peef]

Eh, that is most likly not a good sign. Stink is a sign of decay ie. dead or dying coral. Be careful putting them into your DT as they could cause a spike due to the decay. If you have a QT put them in there and monitor them.

 

[krazekajin]

Peef is right, however, have you ever smelled low tide? When I clean my tank, and drain it for a waterchange, my tank smelled exactly like low tide. I would look for obvious decay, but many corals will wilt a little during shipping.
What kind of corals are they.

 

[princess8077]

Originally Posted by KrazeKajin
Peef is right, however, have you ever smelled low tide? When I clean my tank, and drain it for a waterchange, my tank smelled exactly like low tide. I would look for obvious decay, but many corals will wilt a little during shipping.
What kind of corals are they.
Devils hand and a toadstool. They dont smell rotten exactly... just funky - hard to describe

 

[peef]

Corals do smell weird at all times if yah ask me! If you don't have a bag of mush that stinks like death then you might be alright. If tissue is still holding shape and all I think overall you should be alright if its just a little "weird" smelling.

 

[princess8077]

Here are pics of them

 

[wingzfan]

That is exactly what my toadstool looked like too.

 

[princess8077]

no it's not mush - at least yet

, but sure did smell funky - not like what I consider a death smell either, but human death and ocean thing death are different smells I'm sure.

 

[peef]

I think they look fine, just not inflated completely. I think you should be A-OK

 

[zeroc]

yeah, toadstools smell really bad to begin with.

 

[princess8077]

Uht oh....whats goin on here? I have nothing in my tank that would do that - do I? Didnt notice anything yesterday except for the funky smell.
2 percs
1 lmb
1 cbs
1 cleaner shrimp
1 y. tang
2 chromis
some snails and hermit crabs
couple of emerald crabs
1 lettuce nudi
1 slf crab

 

[petjunkie]

Keep an eye on that, if it spreads more I would frag above it.

 

[b-baby80]

Maybe it is dead or dying and something started cleanup early

 

[teresaq]

I had that happen. I took the coral out, put it in a bowl of tank water, and cleaned the effected area out good. It regenerated and was fine. I agree though, if it gets any worse, just cut it off above that area, and rubberband it to another rock.
TeresaQ

 

[princess8077]

I think he's happy even tho he's laying over and not straight up?

 

[scsinet]

Originally Posted by Princess8077
I think he's happy even tho he's laying over and not straight up?
Toadstools do this. I've got one in my nano and one in my big reef. Both of them at times bend over past horizontal (they are both on top of some rocks).
If his polyps are extended like in your picture, this is a happy coral.

 

[swalchemist]

It's fine do not disturb it

It will settle in and start growing quickly now.
Great job!