Help galaxia coral not opening!!

Hmm...Do you have it under direct light? Hows the flow where its located? Do you spot feed it?

 

Also hows the water in that tank?

 

i dont spot feed it i dont no how. under direct light and in good flow so the sweepers dont kill other coral

 

water in that tanks great

 

To spot feed, we just use a syringe meant for administering medicine to babies, suck up some Rods Food or a food of your choice and slowly squirt it around the entire coral. You will see pieces stick to it. Make sure not to blast it though and always dillute the food in a small bowl of saltwater to make it easier to pull into the syringe. If you arent seeing any die off it will probably be just fine in a few days. We've had quite a few pout for at least a week before fully opening up.

 

I spot feed by taking a piece of airline tubing and attatching it to a wooden dowel. I've got a couple extra feet of tubing coming off the end I hold on to but the other end of the tubing is lined up with the tip of the dowel. This allows me to suck up food into the airline and carefully blow it onto the corals that need it. BTW, fish food doesnt taste all that good to be carefull. One of these days I'll figure out some mechanical way of sucking up the food but for now this works.

It also allows you to suck up larger chunks of food and gently place them on corals that dont have super sticky tentacles. If the airline tubing is full of air not water you may have a hard time placing the food on the coral due to the preasure of the water. It wasnt an issue in my 55 but feeding the corals at the bottom of my 125 can be tough sometimes.

 

ok thanxxx tonss

 

I hope you get it better, I would call the lfs you got it from to see what conditions,light, and flow it was under. Good luck I really like those corals

 

What type of flow you have it under?

 

I noticed my Galaxia needs med/high flow and does not like too much heat.