Orange People Eater Closed up HELP Please

[jamirlima]

I have 5 polyps of Orange People Eater OPE for the last one month+ and they were doing great and opening up and colorful until 3 days ago I target fed then using a syringe with coral frenzy mixed with dried cyclopeze. I target fed all my corals and others are doing fine. But this OPE is not opening up since then. I have no idea what happened. I made sure that I did not touch them with the syringe and fed them like all others.

Please help is there something wrong? I dont think its because i target fed them. Dont know?

Can i do some dipping? Whats the best? Thanks

 

[droblack]

They probably ate so much that they have closed up to digest. Feeding corals should not hurt them. Bet ya they are okay. Anything else look off?

 

[zona322]

+1 they should be fine when i feed my rpe's to much they do the same thing for about 2 to 3 days then they open up. if they don't you can make a iodine dip for them but let them sit for a week before you do it. if you start to see them melt dip them sooner. hope this helps.
craig

 

[Cuda]

They do close for days to reopen fine as long as everything else is ok.:feel_good:

 

[jamirlima]

Well all other corals seems like they are fine except for the OPE. I was scared so I dipped them in Kents Iodine for 10 minutes and put them back. Hopefully they will open soon.

One of my Stardust PE also not opening after I moved him in higher lights. He was in the bottom tank for more than a month happy and open and pretty then I decided to move way up to the top and they closed up. I did iodine dip and placed him back to the bottom where he was happy but now he is not opening up either. I thought Palys were very hardy but I guess they are very sensitive.

 

[elegant_reefer]

If they don't open up after a week/start looking like they are not doing well then you should be worried. Move them to a different location with more/less flow/light. Don't worry, they'll be fine!