Clove won't open

[Jeanniee]

my clove has been in my tank a couple of weeks but only a few (less than half) of the polyps will/have open. It was full of flat worms which I removed but it doesn't seem to be recovering. All water parameters are normal. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[Chemguy85]

have u dipped the coral?

 

[Razzagas]

my cloves won't open either, but i think it is because it has hair algae all over it...
what should i do?

 

[furforfour]

What are your water parameters?

 

[glennb]

Are you referring to Clavularia species? Not the hardiest of coral, I believe there's more luck than skill in maintaining them. Good luck with it.

p.s. If there's hair algae in your tank, add a herbivore or omnivore that eats it.

 

[Razzagas]

I have a lawnmower blenny but he only eats from the rocks. The rocks are practically clean, the only HA is on the cloves...

 

[kevin25]

How much light do you have on them.

 

[Razzagas]

2x250watt MH 10k

 

[fservillon]

how's the flow? my cloves have medium flow and they open up before the lights come on and stay open till lights off. try moving them to a different place and see if that helps. gl.

 

[BrokkenTWolf]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7624936#post7624936 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by glennb
Are you referring to Clavularia species? Not the hardiest of coral, I believe there's more luck than skill in maintaining them. Good luck with it.

p.s. If there's hair algae in your tank, add a herbivore or omnivore that eats it.

I second that. It also appears that they're VERY sensitive to being tampered, touched, moved or disturbed. Mine do fantastic - but if I accidentally touch them while cleaning the tank they close up for days at a time.