Devil’s Hand Won’t Open

[ccoakley]

I’ve had this Devil’s Hand for about a month and it won’t completely open. It was completely open at the LFS. I have it placed near the bottom in a medium to low flow area as suggested. Any thoughts?

 

[minus9]

You might get a better response in the softie forum, but in the meantime, your tank looks really fresh/new? Lobophytums can take a wide range of flow/lighting conditions. I can probably ask you a million questions, but maybe tell us a little more about the tank? The only parameters that I really pay attention to early on are salinity, temp, alk, N & P. Do you have any fish? Maybe the mods can move this to the proper forum to get more eyes on it? @ReefSquad

 

[ccoakley]

You might get a better response in the softie forum, but in the meantime, your tank looks really fresh/new? Lobophytums can take a wide range of flow/lighting conditions. I can probably ask you a million questions, but maybe tell us a little more about the tank? The only parameters that I really pay attention to early on are salinity, temp, alk, N & P. Do you have any fish? Maybe the mods can move this to the proper forum to get more eyes on it? @ReefSquad

Thank you; my bad for not posting in the softy area. It’s a 90 gallon that’s been up around 3mo. The parameters are; salinity - just under 1.025, phosphate - 0.25ppm, Nitrate - 20ppm, and calcium - 420ppm. That’s all I can test for. There are fish, pink tailed trigger, two clowns, two azure damsels, a Tailspot Blenny, and a cleaner shrimp; all fish are happy and healthy. I also have some toadstool coral, along with three bubble tip anemone which all seem very happy and healthy.

 

[sfin52]

Try increasing flow around the leather. They can and need more flow than most think. Not acro flow but more than some lps.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

medium light and medium flow, they like flow

 

[DeniseAndy]

Devils hand can be very finicky at first. They may take weeks to open.

They are happy with lots or not too much flow. They love a bit of food too. Most softies do. Phyto, zoo ankton is good stuff.

Give it time. If it is not black or sloughing too much, it is adjusting.

 

[PR_nano]

I have one not have polyp extension for 6 months after introducing. I asked around and seems like this type of leather is one that takes time to adjust to new conditions as others reported similar behavior.