Jmkb02
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He looks ways better! Another Couple of days and he'll be fully "blown up." Now you said you never saw it when it was fully expanded right??
He looks ways better! Another Couple of days and he'll be fully "blown up." Now you said you never saw it when it was fully expanded right??
So as far as you know, it could be fully opened... Just a thought...
Big improvement. There's only two directions stressed corals generally go and yours seems to be clearly moving towards recovery.
I agree with feeding less but if Blue's not happy with getting food every two days you could just cut the amount of food you've been feeding him in half but still feed every day, just much less each time.
For him, two to three pellets will be plenty. My chromis and smaller fish don't each much more than that
I only feed my tank twice a week, wednesdays and saturdays, and the fish are fine and fat.
Bearchumjs said:I can't go that long! Lol! I'm sure he'd be fine but I tried so hard not to feed him today. I'll stick to feeding him 3 pellets a day, and then once a week feed him a little mysis. Wednesdays will be mysis days w/ no pellets. I think that would be okay. Maybe Sundays will be a fasting day.
Hey- I feed my freshwater tank peas once a week. Do saltwater fish like that or not? It's good for the freshwater fish. Just thought I'd ask.
I think that sounds like a perfect plan. Really small tanks without refugiums don't have the same populations of microorganisms that large reefs with lots of rock and dedicated refugiums have. The rules change a little on large tanks with small fish and small tanks with the same fish. Foraging won't go as far in a 10. Daily feeding is a great idea. Your fish doesn't scrounge on algae like some, doesn't sift sand like others, and doesn't eat large amounts of food that help him to cope with fasting like groupers or hawkfish, etc. Individual fish species is as important a factor as tank size, age, amount of rock, and pod population.
Some fish will enjoy peas but yours doesn't need them. Maybe a piece of nori every so often wouldn't be bad but he doesn't have to have that either. If you really want to have fun you could always hatch brine shrimp. My fish love em but I let my brother borrow my hatchery a couple months back. I prefer the one that uses an upside down soda bottle (that's after trying four popular hatcheries).
Bearchumjs said:Sea monkeys! Lol! My daughter would love that.
Sea monkeys! Lol! My daughter would love that.
It's time for a FTS!
Lol! Oh man, I am cracking up right now! The polys do carry a sort of poison, but mostly you just wanna keep it out of your eyes. Always try and wear glasses when fragging especially with polyps and softies. Your hand will be ok, but I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. I would however recommend a water change to help the other corals just in case. Especially in such a small tank, the concentration will be higher than say a 60 gallon or larger. Just monitor your other corals and if they seem to not be looking so hot, I would considers coral dip just to clean them up a bit. Hope this helps