New Corals

james2042

Member
Hi i just picked up a bunch of new corals there all slumped over and closed how long does it take for them to open up in a new tank?
 
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tizzo

Guest
HI!!
We totally missed this huh??
Your first pic, looks like green star polyps, or GSP for short.
There's a candy cane or trumpet, whatever the whippersnappers wanna call it these days.
And that lst pic is an aiptasia. You don't want him. Nuke him!
GSP's usually open by the next day, or can even take a couple of days.
Very pretty candy canes!
 
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tizzo

Guest
Oh and the brown ones, that look like the green star polyps, were probably sold to you also as star polyps, but they are not, they are called encrusting gorgonian. Very pretty, medium speed grower and once it gets close to other corals, cut it back as it will overgrow anything in it's path.
 

janastasio

Member
2nd pic with the GSP also has a kenya tree above it. Not sure if that is the one you are referring to slumping over. They are very hardy, its just adjusting. May take a few days. They all look great, congrats!
 

james2042

Member
Thanks everyone is the last pic some kinda curly q or aiptasia i was told both now
Also the candy cane is still not opened and the big kenya tree starts to but does not really open the small kenyas do open and the green mushrooms dont really open good like the purples my lights are 65 w 50/50 pc ,a 10,000 t5 and a atinic t5 i have my power head on medium should i change anything or wait?
 

james2042

Member
Ok here is a better pic of this candy cane it still has not opened any ideas? also this anemone what kind is it?

 
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tizzo

Guest
Holy C'moly, I don't believe my eyeballs!
Your anemone is not an aiptasia OR a curly Q. Matter of fact, it's not even an anemone! It's called a hidden cup coral.
Seriously. Google image that and the first pic is a replica of yours!
If what looks to be a stony skeleton under it's oral disk is in fact stony, then I'm positive it's a hidden cup. Don't kill it.
 

brianbeme80

Member
I found out that my candycanse dosen't like to be closer to the light. I only have a 15 high, but when I had them at the top by the light the stayed closed (all but one). When I moved them to the bottom of the tank, near the sand, they all puff up.
 

zoie2

Active Member
my candy canes took a few days to come out. But they don't really "open" they have long sweepy tenticles that come out. It's pretty cool.
 
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