Scoly help

[90addict]

Just picked up a "war paint" variation scoly for a pretty good price. This is my first go at trying to keep one alive and hopefully happy. Parameters are:
Alk-8.3
Cal-500
Mag-1300
Phos-1.3
Nitrate-12
Par on sandbed- 50-75

Questions would be, how long before it should start a feeding response? It just got delivered Friday. Tried feeding today with acrylic cylinder surrounding it and it wouldn't give me a feeding response. Best foods to give? Are just plain mysis ok? Should I try and change any of my parameters? Phosphate I've been battling from the start of this journey cause I started a year ago with tap water "face smack". Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Uncle99]

Check him out several hours after dark for the next few nights.

Mine throws out its feeders only at dark.

I’m hoping the 1.3 phosphate is a typo and is 0.13 which is perfect IMM.

1.3 is way high.

 

[90addict]

Check him out several hours after dark for the next few nights.

Mine throws out its feeders only at dark.

I’m hoping the 1.3 phosphate is a typo and is 0.13 which is perfect IMM.

1.3 is way high.

Typo, phos- .13 lol. What am I looking for overnight? Is that when you should try and feed? Do things like ab+ or reef roids help? Or only meaty foods. Thank you!

 

[Uncle99]

Typo, phos- .13 lol. What am I looking for overnight? Is that when you should try and feed? Do things like ab+ or reef roids help? Or only meaty foods. Thank you!

That’s perfect IMM.

Mine, after lights out for a hour or two, extend hair like tentacles for much of the night, trapping anything they can from the column itself.

Once in a while, they feed with lights on, not sure why, must be something they detect in the water.

A few don’t really do that much at all, but seem happy if I just leave them

Sure you can feed, but I’d keep it small, a tiny squirt of mysis, brine, roids once or twice a week is plenty. Watch your nutrient level if using roids.

I do A+B but only once a week, for everyone, and a splash of phyto.

Through the day, they use the light to make their food.

Only my tracs will feed with lights on.

 

[bradreef]

I have moved to nights also primarily because of my fish picking food out of coral. Similar to above, feeders are usually out and I simply drop pellet into them. Acantho, trachy, scoly, acans, ect

 

[90addict]

That’s perfect IMM.

Mine, after lights out for a hour or two, extend hair like tentacles for much of the night, trapping anything they can from the column itself.

Once in a while, they feed with lights on, not sure why, must be something they detect in the water.

A few don’t really do that much at all, but seem happy if I just leave them

Sure you can feed, but I’d keep it small, a tiny squirt of mysis, brine, roids once or twice a week is plenty. Watch your nutrient level if using roids.

I do A+B but only once a week, for everyone, and a splash of phyto.

Through the day, they use the light to make their food.

Only my tracs will feed with lights on.

Ok cool! I'll try keeping an eye on it for the next few nights and try a small feed at night. See how that goes. Idk why I assumed you could just feed it during the day like a anemone or something lol. Thank you!