spiralis

[carlo80]

Hello everyone


i have some trouble withe mine spiralis.
It just wont open up any more,it's olso closed at night.
i thought lets give it a try and move it from the shade to more light.
but it doesent help at all, Feed the tank with lobster eggs,red plankton,cyclops,brine shrimp,kogelvlo,
Here is a picture so you can see the probleme.
help aaaaaaaahhh:hmm3:

greetings

Carlo(from the netherlands)

 

[carlo80]

what do you people think of its location in the tank??
Its in a pretty turbulent flow.

greeting carlo

 

[carlo80]

Hello,

Doesn't anybody have tips??????

Greetings

 

[glparr]

Hard to tell. It looks to be in turbulent flow. Is it still not opening? Are you target feeding or broadcast feeding? If target feeding, do you turn off the flow for a short period to give it a chance to detect the food and open? How long has it stayed closed? Have you tried removing it and putting it in a tall container with lots of food in it so it's basically in a food bath to see if that gets it to open? Just suggestions.
Gary

 

[slapshot]

Looks healthy still. I would follow gary's advice and see if that helps. also try feeding it something bigger if it opens. mysis once and awhile is a good thing for them.

 

[carlo80]

Hard to tell. It looks to be in turbulent flow. Is it still not opening? Are you target feeding or broadcast feeding? If target feeding, do you turn off the flow for a short period to give it a chance to detect the food and open? How long has it stayed closed? Have you tried removing it and putting it in a tall container with lots of food in it so it's basically in a food bath to see if that gets it to open? Just suggestions.
Gary

your wright it wase in a pretty turbulent flow ,a changed its position .
Now it is standing in the substrate withe the flow more from one side .
i target feed him (i mean i try too trigger him ) but i don't turn of the pumps ,gone give it a try.
I think it is closed now for 3 weeks.

thanks for now

Carlo

 

[carlo80]

Looks healthy still. I would follow gary's advice and see if that helps. also try feeding it something bigger if it opens. mysis once and awhile is a good thing for them.

hello

In the beginning i gave it brine shrimp.he loved it ,butt then came the trouble that it woulden't open:hmm3:.

thank for the reply

carlo

 

[Rumplestilsken]

If you have the product Selcon or a similar food soak you could try a few drops of it in the water approximately 5 minutes before you turn off the flow to target feed.

 

[carlo80]

If you have the product Selcon or a similar food soak you could try a few drops of it in the water approximately 5 minutes before you turn off the flow to target feed.

hi there

the food soak... is it not bad for the waterquality???

greetings carlo

 

[mscarpena]

hi there

the food soak... is it not bad for the waterquality???

greetings carlo

As long as you dont over use it it will not degrade your water quality. I used it for a short period of time, but stopped due to the wide variety of things I feed my corals and fish.