Help duncan not opening for a day

[efish]

Salinity-1.025
Temp-80 degrees Fahrenheit
Ammonia untraceable
I do 3 water changes a week, 1gal every time(fluval evo 13.5)

 

[Uncle99]

Is that a new frag?
Age of your system?
what’s chemistry like?
How many months of stability?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Salinity-1.025
Temp-80 degrees Fahrenheit
Ammonia untraceable
I do 3 water changes a week, 1gal every time(fluval evo 13.5)

Other than requiring moderate light and water flow , seeing the amount of hair algae you have present, I suspect lack of flow and likely elevated nitrate and phosphate levels.
Please check for those issues. High salinity and calcium will also cause this. Elevate at leasr t three inches and I suggest pulling as much hair algae as you can by hand, reducing white light intensity and even hours of white light and adding the following snails and crabs:
Snails:
Astrea
nassarius
cerith
turbo grazer
nerite

8-10 Carribean blue leg hermits

Pencil urchin

 

[Griev]

Duncans can just be weird too. My duncans have been closed for two weeks now, but new heads are still growing. I've found that as long as the tissue around the base isn't dying back they're usually going to be fine.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

its not opened in a day meaning it was happy 2 days ago? I doubt that, it looks dead or almost dead, and the tank doesnt look very healthy in general.

 

[efish]

Is that a new frag?
Age of your system?
what’s chemistry like?
How many months of stability?

It is not a new frag (1month old) it was open before
8 month old system
Chemistry is normal(stable for the past 4 months)

 

[efish]

Other than requiring moderate light and water flow , seeing the amount of hair algae you have present, I suspect lack of flow and likely elevated nitrate and phosphate levels.
Please check for those issues. High salinity and calcium will also cause this. Elevate at leasr t three inches and I suggest pulling as much hair algae as you can by hand, reducing white light intensity and even hours of white light and adding the following snails and crabs:
Snails:
Astrea
nassarius
cerith
turbo grazer
nerite

8-10 Carribean blue leg hermits

Pencil urchin

Ohhhhh I have been seeing only one of my rocks is getting direct flow should I post a pic of my wave maker and you could give me tips on placement? I also have an abundance of astreas that just aren't interested in the hair algae, any suugestions? Maybe more hermits? I have 3 but 8-10 seems excessive, for the phosphate and nitrates should I cut back on feeding, like once every 3 days?

 

[efish]

its not opened in a day meaning it was happy 2 days ago? I doubt that, it looks dead or almost dead, and the tank doesnt look very healthy in general.

Um sorry I could not meet your expectations but any good constructive criticism you can give me to make it better? Thanks, also I do not know why I would lie about the duncan being open 2 days ago....

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ohhhhh I have been seeing only one of my rocks is getting direct flow should I post a pic of my wave maker and you could give me tips on placement? I also have an abundance of astreas that just aren't interested in the hair algae, any suugestions? Maybe more hermits? I have 3 but 8-10 seems excessive

Direct flow a lit Towards- not at the coral and for hair algae , as mentioned above, I suggest pulling as much hair algae as you can by hand, reducing white light intensity and even hours of white light and adding the following snails and crabs:
Snails:
Astrea
nassarius
cerith
turbo grazer
nerite

8-10 Carribean blue leg hermits

Pencil urchin

 

[Uncle99]

It’s just I see some HA on the plug, which is not going to make the frag happy and may be a sign of higher phosphate levels which also slows growth and extension.
I also see some Cyano. Another clue phosphate may have actually bottomed out. Then they starve.
This should not be in a 8 month mature tank with stable chemistry.

It is not a new frag (1month old) it was open before
8 month old system
Chemistry is normal(stable for the past 4 months)

 

[efish]

Um sorry I could not meet your expectations but any good constructive criticism you can give me to make it better? Thanks, also I do not know why I would lie about the duncan being open 2 days ago....

HELLO EVEYONE, thank you so much for your great advice, I am currently dealing with a giant algae problem but I was able to get the duncan coral to open back up! I just had to move it into a place with higher flow :] here is a picture!

 

[slythy]

HELLO EVEYONE, thank you so much for your great advice, I am currently dealing with a giant algae problem but I was able to get the duncan coral to open back up! I just had to move it into a place with higher flow :] here is a picture!

Good to see it opened up.

Do you know all your parameters?

Salinity
Temp
Alk
Cal
Mag
Nitrate
Phos

Looks like you are still going through a rough ugly stage. What fish/cleanup crew do you have? You should take a new toothbrush and scrub all the rocks clean and do a decent water change. It looks like it could use a little manual labor to help clean it up.

Clearly something isnt right in the tank with how it looks.

 

[efish]

Good to see it opened up.

Do you know all your parameters?

Salinity
Temp
Alk
Cal
Mag
Nitrate
Phos

Looks like you are still going through a rough ugly stage. What fish/cleanup crew do you have? You should take a new toothbrush and scrub all the rocks clean and do a decent water change. It looks like it could use a little manual labor to help clean it up.

Clearly something isnt right in the tank with how it looks.

Good to see it opened up.

Do you know all your parameters?

Salinity
Temp
Alk
Cal
Mag
Nitrate
Phos

Looks like you are still going through a rough ugly stage. What fish/cleanup crew do you have? You should take a new toothbrush and scrub all the rocks clean and do a decent water change. It looks like it could use a little manual labor to help clean it up.

Clearly something isnt right in the tank with how it looks.

I think the something wrong with the tank was my lack of rodi use, I just started using rodi, I was using tap water before... I thought my tap water was acceptable but it had 460tds of who knows what.

 

[slythy]

I think the something wrong with the tank was my lack of rodi use, I just started using rodi, I was using tap water before... I thought my tap water was acceptable but it had 460tds of who knows what.

I think thats probably 100% of your issue. I wonder what your phosphates are lol

 

[efish]

I think thats probably 100% of your issue. I wonder what your phosphates are lol

Yea lol, I learn new things about this hobby every day, I can't believe I just learn't about the importance of testing phosphate, I got a test kit a week or so ago(sorta colorblind) can u help me with this?

 

[slythy]

Yea lol, I learn new things about this hobby every day, I can't believe I just learn't about the importance of testing phosphate, I got a test kit a week or so ago(sorta colorblind) can u help me with this?

That looks between 0-0.25 but I think if you are colorblind you should look at getting the Hanna extra Low Range Phosphate and the High Range Nitrate tester. The api testers are pretty bad.

0-.25 phosphate is a huge range. I try to keep mine between 0.03-0.08.

 

[efish]

That looks between 0-0.25 but I think if you are colorblind you should look at getting the Hanna extra Low Range Phosphate and the High Range Nitrate tester. The api testers are pretty bad.

0-.25 phosphate is a huge range. I try to keep mine between 0.03-0.08.

Oh alright sounds like a good investment thanks for the heads up

 

[slythy]

Oh alright sounds like a good investment thanks for the heads up

i use

hanna ultra low phosphate
Hanna high range nitrates
Salifert alkalinity
Salifert calcium
Salifert magnesium

I use the saliferts to calibrate my trident. Very easy to use and very repeatable.

throw away the api and go salifert. They are pretty cheap. Hanna’s are gonna be easier to read since they are digital but the saliferts turn hot pink to blue so hopefully you can see that difference pretty easily.