Why won't this open?

adamsky27 · #1 09/08/2006, 04:19 PM

I have had this for about 7 months now. I did have it in the middle of the tank, but it was in a spot that I could not see it. It used to fully open, and looked awesome. I then moved it out to where you could actually see it and it never opened again. I put it down on the sand about 2 months ago, and it still wont open. Any ideas why? What can I do to make it happy again?

bkztrini465 · #2 09/08/2006, 04:25 PM

What does it look like now? Is the flesh still there? Can ya post a pic?
-Kris

adamsky27 · #3 09/08/2006, 04:28 PM

This is what it looks like right now. Looks exactly the same every day. Sometimes at night it puffs up a little bit, but it wont open like it used to.

GMAX · #4 09/08/2006, 04:35 PM

Holy cow, that is a rainbow if I ever saw one. So what is the matter with it? Seriously.

adamsky27 · #5 09/08/2006, 04:37 PM

It used to open, and when it is open it is like double the size that it is. It's all "sucked in" right now, and has been for months.

GMAX · #6 09/08/2006, 04:48 PM

Maybe it wants more shade? was it shaded before ( when you could not see it )? try putting in under an overhang or in a cave and see if it responds.

Of course if its bothering you too badly, you could just sell it to me and I will nurse it back to health!!!! ( JK)

adamsky27 · #7 09/08/2006, 04:50 PM

No it wasn't in the shade, it was right under the light, but it was toward the back of the tank to where you could not see it. It still looks cool, but it is supposed to be open, and looks way better when it does. Maybe I'll put it in the shade and see what happens.

jessp · #8 09/08/2006, 08:31 PM

i'd say move the zoas they could irriate the brain

Kewlworm · #9 09/08/2006, 08:52 PM

They tend to open up more when they are reaching for more lights. Maybe it's getting more lights now and it has no need to "puff" up to get more lights.

SVXH6 · #10 09/08/2006, 10:33 PM

have you tried feeding it at all??

katpurdy · #11 09/09/2006, 09:34 AM

on another note....WHERE DID U GET THAT!!! it is beautiful and i NEEEEEDDD one!!!

jasonm311 · #12 09/09/2006, 10:36 AM

Has the water flow changed from where you had it before?My mother in law has one and it loves lots of water flow.

duec22 · #13 09/09/2006, 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by SVXH6
have you tried feeding it at all??

That would be my first question also....After a good feeding mine are always big and fluffy for the next couple of days...these corals really do enjoy a good meal.

adamsky27 · #14 09/09/2006, 06:08 PM

I have spot fed it with some frozen cyclopeeze. It is just weird because it used to open, but now it wont. It is not because of the zoos, they just got knocked down there recently.

beaker77 · #15 09/09/2006, 08:10 PM

I have 3 in my tank (not nearly as nice as that one). They get nice and fluffy after I feed them mysis. I'd love to know where you got that one also.

adamsky27 · #16 09/09/2006, 08:24 PM

My father bought it for me at a local fish store here in Tucson.

waterfaller1 · #17 09/10/2006, 04:54 AM

I would feed it various chunky foods, not cyclop-eeze.

Chads29 · #18 09/10/2006, 11:50 AM

We can try an experiment! send it to me and i will see how well it opens up frag it and send the frag back to you.

I would try feeding piscine energetics mysis shrimp.

Chad

duec22 · #19 09/10/2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by Chads29

I would try feeding piscine energetics mysis shrimp.

Chad

ditto...a lot more energy in the mysis...

afelder · #20 09/11/2006, 10:12 AM

This is going to sound odd but the two things I would check are your salinity and your temp. My brains get like that when the salinity or temp creep up. They have a range they prefer and if it goes outside they just don't react as happily.

Good Luck
Ariel

oddballs · #21 09/11/2006, 10:58 AM

how long have you had it?i own a lfs and when i get wellsos in they sometimes seem to take a little longer than trachys to open up and get really full and expanded.reason i dont know but i really have noticed this and ive seen them take from 2 or 3 days to 10 or 11 to really get going ?some of these are attached to the reef and are chipped of when they are collected i have wondered if this does not have a lot to do with it i also read somewhere that they are collected in more shaded areas of the reef and maybe that affects them some?i keep ours under 420 watts of vhos but i always put them under the glass brace because when i would put them directly lit they always seem to take even longer to get to there healthy looking state.just my 2 cents.

downset · #22 09/11/2006, 01:39 PM

Do you have any tangs?I have caught my tangs picking at the flesh of the corals to the point where I had to move it to another tank,and these were well behaved fish I had for years

jessp · #23 09/11/2006, 07:23 PM

are the zoas touching it or do they just look close?

adamsky27 · #24 09/12/2006, 02:58 AM

The zoos just look close. They were no part in this. The zoos fell off of a rock way long after the coral would not open.

MCsaxmaster · #25 09/12/2006, 03:43 PM

What is the water chemistry like, especially nitrate and phosphate? Do you run carbon? Water change schedule? Typically this is a reaction to slightly degraded water quality IME.

cj