Reef Discussion

[daniel]

hi guys just got this about 3 days ago it was fine this morning and once i got home it looks like they have all shrivled up

whats happened?

 

[Dr. Schell]

Has anything in the tank changed (temp, water quality, etc). If they are touch or otherwise disturbed (ie by a fish/crab/shrimp or anemone/coral) they will close. Certian fish (ie Lunar wrasses) are known to feed upon zoos despite them being toxic. A little hard to diagnose without further information.

 

[daniel]

maybe one of my fish did something temp didn't change but now most of them are back open :S

 

[slin1977]

Can you supply more info about your water parameters , I am always interested to find out ... I believe that kH pH and salinity are the most important followed by Mg ,Ca for basics.

 

[slin1977]

Did you look for hitch hiker snails ?

 

[Dr. Schell]

looks as though a fish or something has disturbed the substrate to the left of the zoos

 

[daniel]

i have to wait for my mate to bring me a test kit once he finish's work i finished mine last week havent had time/ cash to get more lolbut last time i checked everything was perfect

 

[daniel]

checked for snails and there was nothing no hitchhikers

 

[daniel]

just doubled checked for snails there was someting dont no what it was but it was a small snail or something it had a pink shell long and pointy at one end so i flicked it off into the bin

 

[malau]

if you just put it in the tank 3 days ago I would say give it few more days to adjust ?

 

[daniel]

everything else has settled well and opened back up they were open just closed up :D but yeh wil give it some time see what happens thanks guys

 

[daveH]

Mine do the same when they've been disturbed but come back open reasonably soon.

 

[MTG]

can you run a full line of tests of water quality to confirm there are no issues there. but to me it looks like you just need to give them a while to settle in. good luck