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Help the noob with his sinulara please!

Hello everyone,

was gifted a beautiful sinulara (my absolute favorite thing in my tank.

It looked great for a few days then started to retract one day. It looked like a stump
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Yesterday it opened up a bit and looked a little better but was wilting a lot which scared me a lot

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Today it's looking like this, not sure if this is bad or good but it looks like it's shedding

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It has mild water flow and it's on the bottom of my tank.

Water parameters are great, my Xenia is happy and pulsating which makes me happy.

I'm running a combo light ( 2X t5, small MH, 3 small LED).

I love this piece and it's really scaring me. If you guys have any tips please let me know.

Thank you!
 
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Now my Kenya tree closed up completely.

I did add a clean up crew and I saw a few snails get close to the Kenya tree.

Xenia is still doing greatv
 

art13

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I wouldn't worry too much, it's what they do. I had a Kenyan tree shrivel up for a week or two and come back just fine. I believe they do shed at times as well.
 
I wouldn't worry too much, it's what they do. I had a Kenyan tree shrivel up for a week or two and come back just fine. I believe they do shed at times as well.

Thank you, I really kind member gave them to me and I really enjoy them very much. As I am new I always think the worst.

Update:

Kenya tree is looking better. The lights had been off for an hour when I took this

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Few updates

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So they all look good except my favorite one. It's very extended and the polyps are mostly out, nice green color, but it can't stay up. I moved it to the shade and keep the MH off now. It hasn't completely retracted it a long time but it also hasn't been able to support itself. Still pretty worried :/

I was told by my LFS to try a dip but I'm not sure that's needed.
 
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