Help to ID and it looks like dying

[Celine]

Hi, I'm very new in saltwater tank. I bought this coral 3 days ago, forgot it's name. It looks like dying. It was standing up nicely. Today, the branches start to turn brown & one of the main truck starts laying flat. Don't know what to do. It looks like it has some worms on it as well.

I have a 14g bio cube w/ slimmer. The tank has been running approx a month.

Pls help.

 

[Sniperhank]

kenya tree

 

[Celine]

Thanks, is it dying?

 

[Sniperhank]

looks fine to me. retracted but they do that.

 

[Celine]

Thx, it has those brown tip and turning grey. I just changed 25% water. Those colorful stuffs attached to the tip

 

[Celine]

Thx, it has those brown tip and turning grey. I just changed 25% water. Those colorful stuffs attached to the tip

Are they worms?

 

[Frogmeister]

Looks to be brittle starfish

 

[Celine]

Looks to be brittle starfish

Thanks!!
Cool .. I assume they are good, right? Do I need to feed them?
The coral is still very droopy and close up. Do know what to do?? Any suggestion, pls?

 

[mr_X]

They are fine and you don't need to feed them. the coral looks fine also.

 

[Celine]

They are fine and you don't need to feed them. the coral looks fine also.

Thanks .. Today I notice that the tree has some funny stuff on it, looks like started to rot, is it okay?

 

[mr_X]

Do you have any flow in the tank? I don't see a power head. Corals like a some water movement.

 

[Celine]

Do you have any flow in the tank? I don't see a power head. Corals like a some water movement.

I have a 14g tank. I put the tree at the front under the output vent.
Do I need to cut the branch out to save the others, pls?

 

[EriksFish315]

Get a Powerhead and throw it in there to circulate the water. Corals need some good flow.

 

[Celine]

Got a new powerhead to increase more flow.
One of the truck starts to rot more deeper & the skin coming off. It looks like someone took a big bite on it.

 

[mr_X]

I would be more worried about that slug. What is it eating, and what is going to happen when it runs out of food?

 

[Celine]

I would be more worried about that slug. What is it eating, and what is going to happen when it runs out of food?

It is my sea-cucumber, filter feeder. It has been in a same spots for weeks.

 

[mr_X]

I know it's a cucumber. You have nothing to filter feed, is my point. When those things die they have the ability to take everything in the tank with them. I would be adding some phytoplankton to the tank on a fairly regular basis if you intend to keep it. be careful though, because you can really mess up the water quality pretty quickly with that.

 

[Celine]

I know it's a cucumber. You have nothing to filter feed, is my point. When those things die they have the ability to take everything in the tank with them. I would be adding some phytoplankton to the tank on a fairly regular basis if you intend to keep it. be careful though, because you can really mess up the water quality pretty quickly with that.

Thank you for the advise. I feed him the frozen micro reef food every other day and phytoplankton once every 3 days for the whole tank. I know it can be toxin when it die, it is a gift fr a friend.

 

[Marquis]

Thank you for the advise. I feed him the frozen micro reef food every other day and phytoplankton once every 3 days for the whole tank. I know it can be toxin when it die, it is a gift fr a friend.

my sea apple always used to put himself at very top of tank when he was stressed

 

[Celine]

Really? It always stay there. People at the store said that it will find its spot w/ good flow, then stay there???!!!!