coral advice

Hello , does anyone know why this JB is shriveling up like this ? Normally it’s usually sitting flat and measures about 2 inches across covering the whole plug. Approximately 48 hours ago it started shriveling up like this , all other mushrooms in the tank look fine. Parameters are all excellent...

I currently have no fish in my lagoon tank and possibly might prefer no fish. I know ammonia is a major thing which feeds corals which fish produce. I top off my tank with tap water only treating chlorine and not the ammonia in the water. Has anyone kept an all reef tank with no fish...

For my 32.5g, I have mostly LPS, hammers (wall and branching), and soft/Mushrooms and zoas. With the exception of my setosa montipora (SPS). It was originally sold as an encrusting and said it might be SPS at checkout, so I did some digging and research and we are managing! (I was scared to get...

Hey everyone, I ordered an Avatar chalice coral from top shelf aquatics during their 4th of July sale last month, and the coral is growing great. However, I looked at some pictures of the day I got it earlier today and noticed it used to have way more green, and that green was much more...

First time buying coral and I ordered it offline. Big mistake I've heard. But can anyone tell me if its still alive? The fish that i ordered with it didn't make it so figured I'd ask to see if I was wasting my time with the coral. GSP - FRONT Candy Cane - middle Daisy polyp cloves - back

Hi, Please can somebody help me identify this coral please? I got this frag for free from the LFS I work in, it was donated to me by a customer who was also unsure what it was. It is approximately 1cm in diameter, it is flat (about 1mm in height), formed of what look like tiny orange...

In marine aquariums I'm not exactly new to marine aquariums, but in the winter I started to deal with water quality in order to eventually get the first corals. Right now the equipment list is as follows: 1. Two flow pumps Jebao mlw 20 2. Jebao AL-90 lights 3. Bubble Magus Curve 3 skimmer. Also...

We went onto the AI Facebook group and got so much rubbish, as in everyone responded saying this and that, but nobody would match advice so we just left it. People said the light setting was bland and basic among other things, WOW it was a harsh ride I tell ya! Anyways the tank is the Waterbox...

Happy Friday , Happy Weekend Everyone Just wanted to post an interesting photo in one of my tanks Got this hammer several months ago as a smaller 2 head frag , it has since split once and then started growing little mini heads all over its stall , so far I can count 9 all around looks to be...

Hi guys Couple days ago I bought this starfish, and then I added this zoas, science then the starfish is always on top of them, they look god, I am just a bit concerned about it eating them.

I ordered 2 beginner corals for my saltwater tank just to see if I can keep them alive (GSP & Pulsing Xenia) the the seller had a two hour DOA policy and they were shipped with two day shipping. Upon opening the box everything was packaged well but it seemed as if the Xenia was dead already it...

I have 2 Acans in a rock island in my tank and one is looking great and one is looking very poor. They have been in tank about a month and I recently moved them to this new location. Both are in the same condition they were in before I moved them. Any ideas what’s going on with the orange one...

I got a green pavona coral 2 months ago. It is my first SPS after having a bunch of soft corals. He is in moderate/high lighting with high flow and I'm dosing the tank with All-for-One Reef solution as recommended by my LFS. He got knocked over a couple times by the hermit crabs before I could...

I recently got a euphylia coral about 2 days ago and it’s not doing great, I’m not sure if it’s from the acclimation process but it’s starting to really concern me and willing to do anything to help aid it. I’m just not sure what to do I’m turning off he pumps and setting my ai light to...

Hey all, I currently have a 32 gallon biocube with 2 ocellaris clownfish, a lawnmower blenny, a six line wrasse, hermit crabs, and Mexican turbo snails. I have mostly LPS and soft corals in the tank. I want to add a BTA to give my clownfish a better environment. I am aware the BTA will...

I got this lobo a while back and noticed it had this small white spiral with the little fan coming out of it. It didn’t grow much or change for a while but then it got bigger and it looks like there are a ton of little white spots on the lobo and on my back wall. Really love this ultra lobo and...

Hi all, I have had this clove polyp for over 10 weeks. It was doing great on its rock, but it fell off and got dragged around by a hermit crab. My belief, now that I have learned more about attached corals, is that I didn’t glue it down well to begin with. I moved it down 2 inches between 2...

We have a pectinia that had been very happy in its spot for months. But over the last few weeks its skeleton has started to protrude from its points, with one spot protruding pretty significantly. The skeleton is starting to grow algae in places where the it's no longer covered by flesh...

Just wondering if this a stylocoeniella????? Im planning on encrusting some rock work with this coral and im looking forward to some nice polyp extension

2 and a half months in with my first tank. 13.5 Fluval evo. After I cycled the tank I slowly added a couple fish and coral. 2 clowns Neon goby CUC 2 zoanthid 1 Frogspawn my parameters are Ammonia-0 Nitrite-0 Nitrate-40 ph- 7.8 Alkalinity- 8.3 Calcium- 370 Phosphate- 0 I know those aren’t...

I ordered this hammer coral and it got delayed in shipping. It seems the tip of the polyps have fallen off on some. What are some emergency procedures I can do to maximize the chance of this coral living?

Have had this jack-o-lantern coral for almost a week now, everything is good so far. A couple of days ago I started noticing slimy tentacle-like structures hanging from some coral areas, not sure if this is a normal behavioral/ feeding response or if my coral does need a light/ flow/ parameter...

Hello everyone! Recently purchased some coral and accidentally got this for free which is awesome but I don't know what it is? It's been in quarantine and I just put it in the dt. It feels hard so I'm not sure if it's acan or micromussi or.... what because I'm still new to corals. problem is...

Hey guys this guy was a hitchhiker on one of my feather dusters. It appears to be a type of mushroom but I'm not entirely sure. It was attached to a very small pebble so i glued it to a frag rock. Base color is a blue-ishbrown with green tips. Any info will be appreciated, Thanks

So I have had a bubble coral in my biocube 32 since I around January when I first started the tank. It was a small colony that was doing great for a while up until fairly recently. I have noticed it is closed up most of the time and has a brownish algae it seems on part of its skeleton which can...