don duncan Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Well there seems to be trend about spring break emergencies. My pink milli's polyps are not extending. The other millis are doing fine, full extension. I checked the water and parameters are ok. salinity 1.024 ph 8.3 calcium is a little high 550 Alkalinity is 11dkh Magnesium is also a little high 1550 All other parameters are fine. I did a water change today so hopefully this will remedy itself Any suggestions as to why the milli is closed up. no one is picking on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Is he in the right amount of lighting? Does it have the right amount of flow on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 how old are your lights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don duncan Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 it was open three days ago and all of a sudden closed up. Some polyps open at night, but not as much as before or as much as my green milli. Nothing noticable has changed, that is what is stumping me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 If polyps are extending at night but not in daytime......maybe is getting irritated by something. Are there any other corals within reach of each other? Good lighting and water flow (which you probably already providing) is essential for those long polyped sps. Besides your water parameters.....what fish do you have in there? -Cindy- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don duncan Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Fish include Clowns, manderian goby, watchman goby, sailfin tang, coral beauty, wrase of some type. The coral is opening more now, but not as much as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Fish includeClowns, manderian goby, watchman goby, sailfin tang, coral beauty, wrase of some type. The coral is opening more now, but not as much as before. We almost lost our pink milly to RTN when our lights went bad. - the blue and green millis were totally unaffected, but the pink was the first to react to "old lightbulbs" losing correct spectrum. since we put new bulbs in a few months ago, (and chopped off all the RTN sections) It has since recovered. How's your doing now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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