duncans

[ibagshaw]

please help i think my duncans are not feeding rite! They have all shrunk up even though i feed them with brine shrimp and add photoplankton. I have had them for a month now and they have been fine. The water quality is ok but we are new to this and have only had the tank for three months. Any advice please?

 

[davelinks]

how long have they been closed? if its early still and its cold where youre at just give them a bit to "wake up." otherwise go get your water checked out. i used to have a tang that picked at my duncans too, didnt think anything of it until i caught it in the act. it was a vlamingi tang, the safest of the reef safe from what ive been told.

 

[ibagshaw]

only a day or so.

i was mssing with the flow on my leather toadstool and since posting noticed the duncan had somehow ended up with no flow as a result of me messing around. changed flow back and duncan is starting to open up again.

cheers pal

 

[davelinks]

good good yeah a little bit of flow goes a long way in this game ha

 

[ibagshaw]

thanks for the advice! wot do u feed yours on?

 

[wazupjames]

It is amazing how much of a difference flow can make.

 

[camostore]

Spectrum pellets

Spectrum pellets

about once a week with a glass tube to get the pellets down to them

feed the fish first though

 

[Ritten]

One colony of mine closes up every so often with no explanation for a few days. That colony seems to need to be fed once per week. The large colony I have I don't feed at all, other than what it gets from the fish.

 

[Rudolph]

i have only had my duncans for about 7-8 months, but they did close up once and I thought the were doomed, but after a few days they openned up and looked better than they ever had...so maybe it is normal for them to take a few days off. I directly feed mine. I started with three heads and noticed a few weeks ago a couple of new additions to the colony :celeb2:

 

[Rudolph]

....sorry I meant to say I do NOT directly feed mine....