Dead corals

[Tanner]

Are these guys dead?it was my new arrival from an online store, if theyre DOA i just send in a pic and get new ones, so are they?


this a chalice

an these are suppose to be zoas

 

[yote]

They dont look dead to me.
Just acclimate em to your tank and get em placed in there.

 

[Tanner]

I thought the zoas were suppose to be a nice bright red, instead of brown lol

And im acclimatin em now :)

 

[XxKnuckleheadxX]

they come looking like that, they need a chance to open. they are closed which is totally normal.

 

[Tanner]

Oh, see,I no nothing about corals, haha thanks guys

 

[dcantucson]

They look cold, and stressed to me. They'll open up once you get then in the tank.

 

[Rcpilot]

They are not dead. Acclimate for about an hour or two and put them in the tank. Do NOT put the water in the bags into your tank.

Check them for external parasites. Look for little brown spiders. Look for little FLAT as a piece of paper worms that are brown/tan and about 3- 6mm long x 2 - 3mm wide. Those are flat worms. Check them for white spots on the polyps - zoa pox.

Do some google searches for zoa predators and saltwater pests that host on corals.

Do a water change.

 

[XxKnuckleheadxX]

also if you know nothing about corals, you should not be buying any yet. get a few books an dread articles online.

 

[Bifferwine]

Those are not dead at all. They are closed. Like they should be. Acclimate them, add them to your tank, and give them a week or so to open.

 

[Reefrookie]

also if you know nothing about corals, you should not be buying any yet. get a few books an dread articles online.

Yep , I gotta go along with that!

 

[Tanner]

I dont mean literally nothing, I obviously read about them, and the species I was purchasingh before I bought.

I just jumped to conclusions, for me, it getting -40 + Shipping creatures in water + Them looking brownish made me think they were dead

 

[Reefrookie]

That's cool....settle down, settle down :h5:

 

[Tanner]

I didnt mean it to sound like i was going on the offensive at all, I was jus sayin

:)

 

[XxKnuckleheadxX]

:fechten2:yeah settle down!:fechten2:

kiddin....

hehe.. i get what you mean now..... :)

 

[dcantucson]

Get em Tanner!

Are they looking any better this evening?

 

[yote]

That Tanner is a fiasty lil feller aint he? :mrgreen:

 

[Reefrookie]

YUP must be all that cold air :^: