New Colt Coral added today

[dubs]

its peeling /sheading leathers do that when they adjust to new water

 

[waynotcars]

Is it cause for concern?

 

[dubs]

no not at all they do that when they grow any way every few months or so they shead a thin layer of skin completly normal ..and dre that a nice one u had growing in ur tank i wish i got a peice from u i been looking for a piece for while now

 

[ryangrieder]

that colt is so big that there is no need to buy a christmas tree for you this year! just decorate it with christmas tree worms and put presents under that! hell it its hardy enough to probably hook real christmas lights up to it or take it out of the tank and put it in the corner of your living room! im sure it will still open!

 

[waynotcars]

OK, so the colt opened up for 2 to 3 days and looked really nice. Then a Turbo snail knocked it down and it shrunk up. I put it back in it's original place and unfortunately, an hour later, it fell again. So I put it back in it's place only more securely. Well now it looks absolutely horrible. For 3 days it's been shrunk to nothing and pieces of stringy white stuff keep peeling off it. I gently used a turkey baster on it to blow some of this white stuff off it yesterday but today it still looks totally, totally shrunk and stuff keeps peeling off it. I have no idea if it's dying or if it will come back and my major concern is will it harm the other corals in the tank that are all doing really well? Everything I read about Colts said they're so hardy and easy but this is proving to be any thing but hardy or easy. To me it seems so sensitive. My bottom line question is "how long do I wait for it to rebound? Is there a point where I have to say it isn't going to revive and remove it?

 

[waynotcars]

anyone? Colt is still shriveled and stringy stuff still peeling off of it. Is it dead? Benn 3 days now

 

[dubs]

leave it alone stop moving it its need to get comfy in ur tank i think it still alive tho

 

[nanoreefer22]

Definitely stop moving it around. Get some glue and secure the rocks it on to the rock you want it to stay on and leave it alone. If it starts to die it will be BLACK. Don't turkey baster the stringy stuff off, let it come off on its own.

Don't kill it with kindness, cause you'll end up killing it

 

[waynotcars]

OK, thanks. So as long as it doesn't turn black it still has life. Would it be the trunk that turns black first or the branches? I just don't want any harm to come to my other corals or fish from it dying in the tank