tree coral not happy?

townsdp

Member
I have had a small tree coral(right name?) for a while and it was doin great with my 80w of NO bulbs. I just added a vho setup to the other setup giving me 300w. The tree coral and my mushrooms are not opening as much but my new torch and xenia are loving it. The first corals are placed middle to top in the tank. Anyway, I got phytoplan yesterday, soaked it in some water and put it in my tank. My xenia went nuts as did my zoos. But, my tree kind of closed after a bit and did not open up at all today. It is all shriveled. Any ideas? Here are some pics.



 

rcbruce

Member
mushrooms don't like alot of light. I have 7 different shrooms and they line the bottom of my reef. With that much light, you may have to move them to more 'shaded' areas of the reef.
 

candycane

Active Member
Kenya trees are like all leathers, and get EXTREMELY PI$#%# when you move them or sometimes even touch them. When i had my kenya tree it shriveled up for a week every time that I fragged it and it turned purple. Then it got to about the size of 4 footballs and I sold it =)
 

theappe

Member
The corals need to acclimate to the new lighting. The last coral that you have posted is a frogspawn. Torches look diff. unless you didnt post it :)
 

zanoshanox

Active Member
They all look pretty healthy to my

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eye. Move the shroom down a little bit though, or it will curl up like that often.
 

townsdp

Member
Yeah. I figured they needed to move down put they have already attached. They were up at the top with the old light and loved it but it was 80w. What is the best way to move them off the rock or should I just move the rock if possible? Thats cool it is called a kenya coral. I couldn't find one on any website and the lfs guy just called it a tree. As far as the frogspawn, Im glad you agree its that. The same lfs guy told me it was a torch. I thought the torch had long straight tentacles and was slightly different colored. Anyway, I will move stuff around and hope for the best with my kenya. It is shriveled up so small right now. Shold it be closer to the bottom? It is mid way up.
 
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