ReeferBen
Active Member
Seems stupid but I can't get my leathers to open.
Just some background on me and the tank. I've been keeping reefs since mid 90's. I've had tanks of all sorts, from soft coral to mixed to straight SPS. I had to close my business a few years ago and sold off my big tank for a simple (cheap) setup. One that required little work, and worked with my limited finances.
Tank was setup for around 2 years now. It's a 18 x 18 cube tank, around 25 gal. It's a marineland rr tank.
Sump is a 10gal glass tank I used marineland brand silicone to glue acrylic baffles in.
Tank has a 1.5"-2" SB made from Caribsea fine sand, not oolite but close.
Tank has one of goochs ceramic rocks in it, and one fist size piece of LR in the sump. There's also a couple small pieces of LR in the display I used to seed the tank.
Skimmer is a Warner Marine I bought from Mojo on R2R.
I run a BRS dual reactor with their high output GFO and liginite low dust carbon. Carbon is changed biweekly along with the GFO.
I was using bio pellets in a reactor but stopped them last week to see if it helped my problem. Saw no change in system with or without them.
Lighting is a current 18" 6 bulb t5 fixture with a mix of bulbs, changed every 6 months or so.
I run mag 5 return pump, and run a closed loop through a chiller using an external Ehiem 1262. No internal power heads.
I was using Oceanic salt but switched to reef crystals for my last 2 water changes. I try to do water changes every week end but don't always get it in so just say biweekly.
I have two heaters in sump.
I think that pretty much covers the equipment side of things.
Livestock is 3 clowns, a mated pair and juvenile, they've been in the tank together since it was set up. Coral wise I have a bunch of softies, nepthea, sinularia, cladiella, Xenia, etc. I also have a clam, and small acan frag. 5 astreas, a dozen stomatellas, and some dozens of tiny snails that look like tiny astreas.
The leathers are 5 smallish Ora green polyped leathers, 3 small Ora long polyp leathers, and another leather I bought from the LFS that was wild. The leathers in whole stopped opening about 2 months ago, day or night doesn't matter. The green polyped ones will open each maybe one day a week, the long polyped have not opened in a few months, and the wild one shows polyps a few time a week. There is no rotting or falling over, they appear healthy but lack extension. This is very bothersome to me and I am at the point where I can't get it right. They will eventually perish if I can't get to the bottom of this.
Parameters are all with in normal range, fish are fine, all other corals are fine.
Any clues?
Just some background on me and the tank. I've been keeping reefs since mid 90's. I've had tanks of all sorts, from soft coral to mixed to straight SPS. I had to close my business a few years ago and sold off my big tank for a simple (cheap) setup. One that required little work, and worked with my limited finances.
Tank was setup for around 2 years now. It's a 18 x 18 cube tank, around 25 gal. It's a marineland rr tank.
Sump is a 10gal glass tank I used marineland brand silicone to glue acrylic baffles in.
Tank has a 1.5"-2" SB made from Caribsea fine sand, not oolite but close.
Tank has one of goochs ceramic rocks in it, and one fist size piece of LR in the sump. There's also a couple small pieces of LR in the display I used to seed the tank.
Skimmer is a Warner Marine I bought from Mojo on R2R.
I run a BRS dual reactor with their high output GFO and liginite low dust carbon. Carbon is changed biweekly along with the GFO.
I was using bio pellets in a reactor but stopped them last week to see if it helped my problem. Saw no change in system with or without them.
Lighting is a current 18" 6 bulb t5 fixture with a mix of bulbs, changed every 6 months or so.
I run mag 5 return pump, and run a closed loop through a chiller using an external Ehiem 1262. No internal power heads.
I was using Oceanic salt but switched to reef crystals for my last 2 water changes. I try to do water changes every week end but don't always get it in so just say biweekly.
I have two heaters in sump.
I think that pretty much covers the equipment side of things.
Livestock is 3 clowns, a mated pair and juvenile, they've been in the tank together since it was set up. Coral wise I have a bunch of softies, nepthea, sinularia, cladiella, Xenia, etc. I also have a clam, and small acan frag. 5 astreas, a dozen stomatellas, and some dozens of tiny snails that look like tiny astreas.
The leathers are 5 smallish Ora green polyped leathers, 3 small Ora long polyp leathers, and another leather I bought from the LFS that was wild. The leathers in whole stopped opening about 2 months ago, day or night doesn't matter. The green polyped ones will open each maybe one day a week, the long polyped have not opened in a few months, and the wild one shows polyps a few time a week. There is no rotting or falling over, they appear healthy but lack extension. This is very bothersome to me and I am at the point where I can't get it right. They will eventually perish if I can't get to the bottom of this.
Parameters are all with in normal range, fish are fine, all other corals are fine.
Any clues?
