View Full Version : Euphyllia Wont Open
rastarainy
08/24/2009, 04:38 PM
hey RC. i recently purchased a 20 something headed euphyllia coral from my LFS. after bringing it home and acclimating it, i placed it in the tank, not expecting it to open until the next day. it is day 3 or so now, and it still has not opened. maybe im just impatient, but maybe there's something wrong with it. your advice is welcomed. thanks!
ps. because it was so large of a piece, they couldn't fit it into a bag and had to put it in a bucket filled with water for me to bring home. idk if this has any relevance to the reason it hasn't opened up.
rastarainy
08/24/2009, 04:39 PM
here's a picture of it closed up.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u16/numero6phillies/002.jpg
katpurdy
08/24/2009, 04:46 PM
try a different tank position as the amount of flow might be effecting it. Plus, check your alk levels.
rastarainy
08/24/2009, 05:00 PM
i changed their tank position last night. they were directly under my metal halide, so i moved them towards the end of the tank. as far as the alk levels go, i'll try to check them tonight.
ethank77
08/24/2009, 05:07 PM
looks to be a frog spawn they like lower flow medium light and stedy alk also not fond of being picked at by hermits or emaralds. Mine has done well under pc and t5 but I think it liked the pc better the t5 a bit to bright. try low in the tank or shade it slightly lower the flow.
Shane Hoffman
08/24/2009, 06:24 PM
Mine is 20 inches down in a 30 inch deep tank. It is directly under a 250 watt mh.
It is in a low to medium flow spot. It took almost two weeks for all the heads to expand all the way. They expanded a little more every day once they started coming out. Also I would spot feed mysis every 3 days.....
rastarainy
08/24/2009, 06:37 PM
will take all the advice in mind. just measured the alk and it was low:7.8. i threw in a 10mL dose of pH buffer and will continue that everyday until its back to normal.
ethank: im actually using a curent usa pc light in addition to the mh, and thats what the frogspaw is currently under. however, i have two different multiheaded frogspawns, and the one under the mh is opened more than the current one in question.
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