Corals wont open

SCUBA_STEVE · #1 10-25-2012, 02:45 AM

Hi All, we recently got a couple corals that should open but they stay scrunched up. We added a green candy cane with 4 heads about 9 days ago and a green open brain 4 days ago. Neither has opened or showed its tentacles at all. Our levels are as follows:
SG- 1.026 / Temp- 78.4 / KH- 10 / Calcium- 460 / Ammonia- 0 / Nitrite- 0 / Nitrate- 0 / Phosphate- 0.25

The tank is a 29 gallon, we have a Kessil 350W light, and one AquaClear 30 powerhead. We have turned the light to the lowest setting so it didnt overwhelm them. Any ideas?

SCUBA_STEVE · #2 10-25-2012, 06:07 PM

Here are some pictures of the corals. Any suggestions?

reefwars · #3 10-25-2012, 06:11 PM

thats alot of light for a 30g , prob even at its lowest setting.

the pics dont show so i really cant say say much else .

SCUBA_STEVE · #4 10-25-2012, 06:43 PM

http://s1287.beta.photobucket.com/us...tml?sort=3&o=2

SCUBA_STEVE · #5 10-25-2012, 06:44 PM

There it is. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,

SCUBA_STEVE · #6 10-25-2012, 06:53 PM

and here is the candy cane.
http://s1287.beta.photobucket.com/us...tml?sort=3&o=0

ScubaSteve · #7 10-25-2012, 09:34 PM

I'm with Denny here. Too new of a tank. Those rocks are sparkling clean!

How long has the tank been running?

You can try feeding the trumpet and brain to help them along. You can try some frozen mysis. Or go to the store and buy some assorted fresh seafood (clams, mussels, prawn, crab, etc). Using fresh caught seafood is better as it is typically lower in phosphates than aquacultured seafood. Give it all a rinse and toss the lot into a blender and give it a quick whiz to get a nice, stinky mush that corals love. Toss it into an ice cube tray and freeze it (canuckgod420 puts egg crate on a tray then fills the egg crate with the mush before freezing. He get's smaller cubes that way). Thaw a cube, mix it with with RO water and use a baster to feed the corals. Give them a tiny little squirt the let them sense it, then come back in a few minutes when they've got their tentacles open. They may open open at night initially.

Feed sparingly.

reefwars · #8 10-25-2012, 06:46 PM

the trumpet looks like it needs some more light, the brain doesnt look too bad just a little bit of skeleton showing through.

tank looks to be a bit to new and clean so that probably has a fair bit to do with it as well......stability