krackerjacksna Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 is this possible, i gave each head a good size squirt of prime reef, it ate it, opened back up, but has been 90% closed for 2 days now. all params are good, and all other corals look great Link to comment
Dani3d Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 YOu cannot overfeed a coral. It can poop anytime it wants. Ducans are pigs and will eat anything I throw at them. The only time I have seen duncan closed is when acclimating and someone had them dying in their tank because nitrates were 140ppm. What are your nitrates reading? Maybe you fed too much and that created ammonia or nitrites or nitrates? is this possible, i gave each head a good size squirt of prime reef, it ate it, opened back up, but has been 90% closed for 2 days now. all params are good, and all other corals look great Link to comment
ry05coupe Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 other tank inhabitants? Thinking mainly of cleaner shrimp... For some reason my skunk cleaner always goes after my duncans after theve eaten to take their food. Make sure noone i trying to steal their food/tried to steal it. Link to comment
krackerjacksna Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 no shrimp in the tank.. i did see an emerald crab climbing on it, but usually they are always open, i am rechecking nitrates, nitrite, and amonia right now Link to comment
krackerjacksna Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia are 0.. alk was a little low, another thing is i started dosing a 2 part, alk calcium this week, does the duncan not like that? my gsp use to close up, but hasnt in 3 months, sorry for the concern\, its just the duncan is my favorite peice Link to comment
dixiedog Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Impossible to overfeed, they will just reject food when they're 'full'. Had this coral ever been fed Prime Reef before? I can't be sure, but I do believe I have freaked out LPS before when feeding them something new for the first time. And all my LPS are moody that way, just look like shiite on certain days. As long as you haven't screwed up your alk/ca levels real bad, I'll bet you're OK. Link to comment
jnelson Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 The emerald crab may be stressing it by walking on top of it. Make sure that it isn't actually taking bites out of the duncans though - some emerald crabs have been known to eat coral. Link to comment
krackerjacksna Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 i dont see any bites out of it, usually i feed it mysis, this is maybe the second time,( first this much), yesterday morning it was open for about an hour, but closed for the rest of the day Link to comment
Adam_T Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia are 0.. alk was a little low, another thing is i started dosing a 2 part, alk calcium this week, does the duncan not like that? my gsp use to close up, but hasnt in 3 months, sorry for the concern\, its just the duncan is my favorite peice Every time I dose PartA/PartB, my Duncans will close for a few hours. Just throwing that out there. Link to comment
krackerjacksna Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Every time I dose PartA/PartB, my Duncans will close for a few hours. Just throwing that out there. i am going to stop dosing to see if they return to normal, thanks for all the response Link to comment
HecticDialectics Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Sometimes duncans just close up for no reason apparent reason... then open back up a day or three later. Dose based on your test kit results lol. Do you test for the things you dose? Link to comment
HVani Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 ^+1 My duncan can be really moody. It'll close up for a day or two then be back to normal just as suddenly. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My duncan closes up for a couple hours after I feed my coral food mix. Duncans are just weird. Link to comment
krackerjacksna Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 I dose based on my test kit, still closed up, but I removed the emerald crab just to be sure Link to comment
krackerjacksna Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 The duncans have re-opened back fully, now I'm am almost convinced it was the emerald crab but I'm not gonna reintroduce him to confirm it,, thanks to all for the help and counsel. Link to comment
ry05coupe Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 The emerald crab may be stressing it by walking on top of it. Make sure that it isn't actually taking bites out of the duncans though - some emerald crabs have been known to eat coral. +1 Link to comment
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