paulcoates
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Nice shot of him
Pink condi
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thomas712
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Hmm, yes it is, I can see right down into the actinopharynx.
paulcoates
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Thomas,
For the past two days this Condi has been flipped on its tentacles. For two weeks it was sitting in the same place, then one day I found him face first in the crushed coral. First the BTA, now the Condi?
What is going on? My water is fine and the lighting should be sufficient for a 55 gal? Any ideas?
Two 65 watt 10,000K and two 65 watt True Actinic 03 Blue straight pin base compact fluorescent lamps
Four 3/4 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps
Three on/off switches with three 8-foot power cords for separate timers
Built-in ballasts
Two cooling fans
Sleek aluminum housing
Highly-polished reflector
Acrylic lens cover
For the past two days this Condi has been flipped on its tentacles. For two weeks it was sitting in the same place, then one day I found him face first in the crushed coral. First the BTA, now the Condi?
What is going on? My water is fine and the lighting should be sufficient for a 55 gal? Any ideas?
Two 65 watt 10,000K and two 65 watt True Actinic 03 Blue straight pin base compact fluorescent lamps
Four 3/4 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps
Three on/off switches with three 8-foot power cords for separate timers
Built-in ballasts
Two cooling fans
Sleek aluminum housing
Highly-polished reflector
Acrylic lens cover
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thomas712
Guest
Anemones just like people don't heal overnight, just because you have now added better lighting doesn't mean it will add instant health.
Its normally a sign of stress if its mouth is gaping like that, sometimes for other reasons.
Are your water paramiters staying stable?
Pay attention to your pH value as well.
If it is suffering from a loss of its zooxanthellae then it could take up to three months for it to be recovered.
If it is suffering from acclimation shock, pH shock, or even lighting shock then you will just have to give it time to recover.
I would try to feed it once a week, maybe twice. Keep your water paramiters where they should be. Keep up with the water changes if necessary. Run fresh carbon once every couple of weeks for a while.
What photo period are you using on these new lights?
Thomas
Its normally a sign of stress if its mouth is gaping like that, sometimes for other reasons.
Are your water paramiters staying stable?
Pay attention to your pH value as well.
If it is suffering from a loss of its zooxanthellae then it could take up to three months for it to be recovered.
If it is suffering from acclimation shock, pH shock, or even lighting shock then you will just have to give it time to recover.
I would try to feed it once a week, maybe twice. Keep your water paramiters where they should be. Keep up with the water changes if necessary. Run fresh carbon once every couple of weeks for a while.
What photo period are you using on these new lights?
Thomas
paulcoates
Member
Actinic are on from 7:30am - 7:30pm
Daylights are on from 8:30am - 8:00pm
Lunars are on from 8pm - 7:30am
Daylights are on from 8:30am - 8:00pm
Lunars are on from 8pm - 7:30am
paulcoates
Member
my parameters are stable and I just did a 20% water change last week