New dendro will not open

[stunreefer]

Yeah that would be fine. By no means is it necessary, but it will increase their "happiness", which in turn increases the time and frequency of being open.

 

[rostato]

Yes, I want them happy!

 

[PhamtonBlue]

Just keep feeding them and they will stay open all the time after awhile

 

[rostato]

Treid to get it to eat yuesterday to no avail. Is it possible to put too much in the container, and make it not want to eat.

I had to filter a new batch of food anyway, so I had like 2 cubes of food in the container with the dendors, and they did not open at all.

I am wondering if I raised the nitrates in that water a bit by adding so much food...

Inputs?

 

[rostato]

As an update... I am still working on getting this dendro to open up in the tank. I have been feeding it 3 days a week with the above method, and have only seen it open voluntarily once. I check on it at 3 am most of the time, and it is never open. Any other methods?

 

[stunreefer]

Unfortunately it just takes time with some species like this, all you can do is keep trying and be patient and persistant.

Unless a colony is severly damaged, I do the "tupperware" method for a week straight feeding very heavily everyday. Then the colony has always opened for me on it's own in the display when I add frozen foods like P.E. Mysis. I did have one colony of Tubastrea that I did the "tupperware" method for two weeks, and damaged colonies for months before leaving them own their won so to speak.

GL! If all else fails send it to me