Normal for Kenya Tree and Star Polyps???

ogredawg

ogredawg

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I bought bunch of corals today from someone and everything looked nice in his tank. I'm not sure how much lighting he had but all I know was he had 2 big metal halide bulbs. I bought a big piece of green star polyps, pink star polyps, 3 frags of kenya trees, chunk of zoos in a big rock, 2 green mushrooms, and a green ricordia. The zoos opened up right when after the acclimation (acclimated for 3 hours), the ricordia looked better, and the mushrooms as well. But both of the star polyps and the kenya trees still doesn't look good. I know some people said the star polyps take time to open up but how bout my kenya trees. Look at the picture attached and see if its normal for a coral that was just put in a tank. By the way the guy was great, I only paid 50 bucks for everything. Someone help me, I'm getting worried about my polyps and kenya trees. My 10 gallon has 30 watts of lighting (I know its not much, but I should be able to keep polyps, and mushrooms. My 5.5 gallon has 24 watts of lighting and they're both PC Compacts. Thanx in advance
BTW my 5.5 gallon has crushed coral not live sand and that's where the kenya trees are sitting at the moment. Does that make any difference?




 
ogredawg

ogredawg

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Kenya trees after couple hours in my tank. Notice the bedding isn't live sand, it's crushed corals. Not sure if that's ok for them
 
vtfishies

vtfishies

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gsp's can take days to open up..i got gsp,bsp from lfs they took a week to open..kenya i am not sure about i got a frag thru the mail it opened right away.could be due to shippin 2 days might been happy to open lol..i'm sure someone will chime in..crushed coral is fine for mushrooms..
 
ogredawg

ogredawg

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Yeah I acclimated them, the kenya are actually improving and the green star polyps are doing better too, but the pink star isn't. You can see probably 2 or 3 small polyps coming out but that's it. They were acclimated for couple of hours by the way
 
namas05

namas05

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Is your kenya opened up yet?
I know that mine is fickle sometimes but opens up everyday. It doesn't like being touched though.
As far as the star I bought some form the LFS had it in my tank a week, was about to pull it out and toss, then the next day it was all opened up and has been sense.
 
kronnk7

kronnk7

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Be patient, coral sometimes take a few days to settle into your tank. If they aren't opening by day 5-6 then worry.
 
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