Button Polps won't OpeN?

[astroclown]

The first few days I had my new button polps it was great. Now its been 3 weeks since I had it and it hardly opens. It get plenty of light and I water change every week, since Im not running it with a skimmer. I'm currently running it with 15watts 6500k daylight. Is this normal for polps?

 

[bang guy]

Is 15 watts a typo?

 

[vibe]

lol

 

[astroclown]

Oh I forgot its for my nano 5gal. tank. srry. yeah i only have 15 watts. People said thats u need atleast 3-5watts per gallon of lighting.

 

[black99l]

you may want to step the lights up a notch, 15 watts on a 5 gallon sounds a little low to me, my suggestion is to get it up between 35- 50 watts of total lighting. also do you feed any phytoplankton? i feed my tank regularly.

 

[j21kickster]

15 watts period is kindof weak- i wouldnt expect them to do well unless the were an inch from the light- a lot of times if they dont get enough light they will close- shrink- and die

 

[cliffrouse11bas]

I say get a 32 watt retro kit would do nicely on that tank...

 

[astroclown]

Thnks for the info guys.