Closed Frogspawn

[dbabiak18]

I recently purchased a frogspawn from the LFS. (I was told it was an octo?) It looked great in their display tank but since I've had it home it hasn't opened up. It has been in my tank for 5 days and is only showing the tips of its tentacles.

I have it under T5 lighting (bulbs are less than 4 months old) and several other corals are doing well. I also have changed current from low to moderate to no avail. I tested my water and all the parameters are nearly perfect. Does it ususally take a long time to open up? I would gladly wait but I don't want to be harming it if it should have opened by now.

Anyone have a suggestion?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[salty55]

i'm pretty new at this too. but i have heard that sudden light changes will make them close up. if your'e lighting is much brighter than the ones at the lfs it may take longer. i recently purchased a frogspawn also. he was fully open by the next day. but i only have about 30 watts more than the lfs, and the same size tank. so maybe it was'nt such a shock for him. where do you have him placed? up high? i heard they like to be near the bottom also.

 

[dbabiak18]

Thanks for the advice Salty. I have it placed a little less than halfway up the tank. Is there anyway to help him adjust to the light and not really bother the other corals?

 

[salty55]

that is about where i have mine located, and he's doing great. maybe if you start him down at the bottom and see if he opens up. if he does maybe you can slowly move him back up where you want him. how many watts of lighting do you have? i dont want to mislead you, maybe someone with more experience can offer more advice also.

 

[dbabiak18]

I am running about 7 watts/gallon with a T5 light. Is that enough for this type of coral? I have acro in there that is doing fine under the same conditions.

 

[salty55]

i hope so i'm only running 4.7 watts. mine seem to be doing fine so far. he has actually opened up way more than he was at the lfs.

 

[timrandlerv10]

first off, i'm no expert...


i know that euphyllia eat, so maybe prompting with some type of food might help. they usually eat during dark (i think most aquarium specimens get accustomed/trained to eat during the day), so maybe would be more comfortable as well...but if he came from an lfs, they dont feed at night, so maybe not.

i've also heard they dont like really high flow, so a moderate flow might help as well.

good luck,

tim

 

[dbabiak18]

Here's a question: Would it be smart to maybe re-acclimate him to my lighting? If so, how would I go about doing that? What I did before was run half of my lights for a few hours and then turned the rest on for a short time before lights out.

I guess you could say I made the mistake of not giving a real good acclimation but i'm not really sure how to acclimate LPS. Any advice?

 

[Bmgrocks]

Re Acclimate,

put the coral all the way at the bottom of the tank, some what shaded area

over several weeks, slowly move him up to the desired location

It could be light shock..But You have to Move Slow..