Scottrshoe
Active Member
I have had this duncan in my tank for about three weeks, and it does not open up. It did open up briefly a few days after placement, but not since. Occasionally a few small tentacles will peek up above the skeleton, but lately not even that. My water parameters are good at weekly checks and water changes, and my other corals seem to be doing well (Zoas, Leather, mushrooms, Favia, acans, Candycane, and ofcourse the GSP is doing well)
I think it must be placement and/or lighting that is the problem. I PAR mapped the tank, and its location peaks at around 99 PAR, but is less than that throughout the long ramp up and down.
The flow in my tank is fairly random, and what I would call low to moderate. (about the max that the softies will tolerate, especially my shrooms)
I only have one fish at the moment, a diamond goby and he does not bother the duncan, although the duncan is placed rather close to my feeding station, so there is often activity there at feeding times. My crabs are all over the place, but their feeding does not seem to bother any of the other corals...zoas will close up briefly, but open up again after the crabs move on.
Any suggestions on why it is not opening up, or a better location might be in my tank would be appreciated.
Below are some pics of the duncan and the surrounding corals...(just ignore the algae ;P I still need to get a better scraper for the back wall of the tank....lol.)
Other corals in the area:
Side note...what are all the white dots on the rocks and walls of the tank? I assumed they were snail eggs, but some of them have been there for over a month...
I think it must be placement and/or lighting that is the problem. I PAR mapped the tank, and its location peaks at around 99 PAR, but is less than that throughout the long ramp up and down.
The flow in my tank is fairly random, and what I would call low to moderate. (about the max that the softies will tolerate, especially my shrooms)
I only have one fish at the moment, a diamond goby and he does not bother the duncan, although the duncan is placed rather close to my feeding station, so there is often activity there at feeding times. My crabs are all over the place, but their feeding does not seem to bother any of the other corals...zoas will close up briefly, but open up again after the crabs move on.
Any suggestions on why it is not opening up, or a better location might be in my tank would be appreciated.
Below are some pics of the duncan and the surrounding corals...(just ignore the algae ;P I still need to get a better scraper for the back wall of the tank....lol.)
Other corals in the area:
Side note...what are all the white dots on the rocks and walls of the tank? I assumed they were snail eggs, but some of them have been there for over a month...
