Button polyps

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  1. unclejed

    unclejed Whip-Lash Squid

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    Hi everyone, recently my button polyps have rolled their edges and are not open to the point of showing their "hairs". Here are my stats and such;Fish; 3 Green Chromis, 1 Coral beauty, 1 Yellow fin Damsel (a little cranky) and 1 Royal Gramma
    Corals; 1 large Toad stool, 1 Colt, Many button (Palys'), 1 Cabbage, 1 sun/with Green stars, and 1 mushroom rock. Also, Halemeda algae.
    Mag = 1280, Calc = 400, Alk = 11 dkh, Ph = 8.2 and Sg = .025
    Lights are; Nova extreme T5 (10,000k daylight and 420 Actinic) and 2 Power bright LED strips. Lights are on for 10 hours.
    Tank is 55 gal. with built in corner over flow, Mega flow 1 sump and Coralife super skimmer, also a Poly multi media Phosphate reactor.
    Any help is appreciated.
     
    unclejed, Oct 13, 2008
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  2. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    How close are they to your lighting?
     
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  3. unclejed

    unclejed Whip-Lash Squid

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    They are 1/2 way up in the tank. Here is a shot of the tank.[​IMG]
     
    unclejed, Oct 14, 2008
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  4. unclejed

    unclejed Whip-Lash Squid

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    Well, no one else? This site gets a lot of traffic, any one?
     
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  5. shipbear

    shipbear Bubble Tip Anemone

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    All I can say is VERY nice tank..!!!!

    Later, Larry
     
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  6. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Is it just one colony? Are your other corals looking wierd? What are your parameters? The reason I asked about how close they were to the lighting, is because I have one colony that seems to be on the opposite schedule than the rest. They have gotten themselves too close to the light. The more info we have on the scenario, the easier it will be to help. Too much info will be better than not enough.
     
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  7. unclejed

    unclejed Whip-Lash Squid

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    Everything is in the first post. All others are fine.
     
    unclejed, Oct 15, 2008
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  9. silverwolf72

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    Mine just seem to do it at random. Couple days they may all be closed up, then suddenly their all spread out the next day
     
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  10. unclejed

    unclejed Whip-Lash Squid

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    Hey, thanks geek ole buddy, very good little article!
     
    unclejed, Oct 16, 2008
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