what's wrong?

this is my finger leather coral which i recently bought a few days ago, is it sick? if it is, what can i do to make it better? it's placed on a piece of live should i move it to somewhere else?

 

I dont think you have enough flow to be honest. wheres the flow coming from?

 

it's coming from the powerheead

 

The tank looks cloudy, what type of lighting do you have and what are the parameters?

 

Looks like its a pump rather than the normal powerheads.

Did you manage to take some readings?

 

How long has the tank been setup? It looks like a new setup.

 

there is a small power head on the top left of the tank, i would agree it does look like a very new set up. only way to know whats wrong would be to test your water and give us your parameters (oh ohhhh dont have test kits? thats a no no!) go get it tested at your LFS or get strip tests as bare minimum (drops are far more accurate) but if something is drastically wrong with your water the strips should pick it up. you want to find out what your NH4 no3 and salinity is at the very least (just in case salinity can not be tested with strips.....:S you need a refractometer for accurate readings)

 

i unfortunately only have a refractometer my lfs doesn't sell test kits (this is thailand)

 

it's been setup for 2 months almost 3 now ;D

 

it's been setup for almost three months now, i don't know the english name of of it but it's a thai brand called T5. the guy at my lfs said i need t5 lighting, is there any cheaper lighting options available for a reef tank? and sorry to change the subject but is a skimmer really necessary?