Nice frogspawn, great color. I would say ( judging from the last pic you posted ) that the flow doesn't seem to be to hard. The frogspawn would look like a palm tree in a hurricane......bent to one side. It looks good. 
MY FIRST CORAL! Update: Some polyps not opening
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Here is a picture I took at night...it closes up at night. I thought it feeds at night and shoots out long sweeper tentacles from what I have read. :huh:
Ace, so today I can tell what you mean about the balloon thing...the white lights just came on from actinics and it is opened up half way...I can tell what half way looks like now. I see what you are talking about with the whole flesh against the ridges of the skeleton thing. It looks like a ruffles potato chip...although it's not being blown in one direction like a palm tree in the wind, I can still see those ridges and see where it is not extending out fully...also, why would some of the tentacles be deflated? I've seen this in bubble tip anemones as well. What is it that makes them inflate and deflate?
Ace, so today I can tell what you mean about the balloon thing...the white lights just came on from actinics and it is opened up half way...I can tell what half way looks like now. I see what you are talking about with the whole flesh against the ridges of the skeleton thing. It looks like a ruffles potato chip...although it's not being blown in one direction like a palm tree in the wind, I can still see those ridges and see where it is not extending out fully...also, why would some of the tentacles be deflated? I've seen this in bubble tip anemones as well. What is it that makes them inflate and deflate?
It takes about an hour after the lights come on to fully inflate.. and yes, they do deflate at night. Some corals do release clear sweeper tentacles at night but the euphyllia species isn't one of them. The tentacles you see during the day are the sweepers on that type of coral. It is fine to see the skeleton at night, that is normal when they deflate, you just don't want the "tree in a hurricane" thing happening because those ridges are very sharp and will cut the tissue, cause infections, and make you lose heads.
Some heads don't inflate because of the flow.. it may be right on the edge of too much flow for the one head while the others are fine.
Some heads don't inflate because of the flow.. it may be right on the edge of too much flow for the one head while the others are fine.
Well here is a short clip of the action. Usually this and some random bursts of stronger flow every now and then.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v645/mcsassy/?action=view¤t=MVI_5611.flv
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v645/mcsassy/?action=view¤t=MVI_5611.flv
Ya, that would be right on the edge of too much flow for a LPS coral. SPS would love that flow, but LPS your right at the line. If it was just gently swaying back and forth, like in short pulse mode, that would be fine, but in that video they seem to get just a little whipped by the flow. Not bad.. but just so close to the line. IMO I would probably move it to another location.
Looks fine to me from the vid. That is probably around what most of my LPS (the ones that are left) are in. The polyps themselves don't appear to be averse to the flow they are in at all.
Ya, vid looks ok, the gentle times it is perfect, but when it gets a little more you see the "flutter" on the tentacles. To me, it isn't life threatening by any means, but you also stated is does ramp up a little faster/harder than your video shows (I understand reefcrest mode). Polyps definately look pretty fully extended in the video though, so that is a good sign. My only worry is that you did say it goes faster than the video at some points, and knowing frogspawns, hard gusts even occasionally is usually not good for them, The gentle flow you see in the video is perfect.
Okay, here is my update.
There are two heads that haven't been opening up for a few days...nothing has changed. The other heads just seem to be opening up more though. Does that take away from how much other heads can open up? Are the heads dying? I don't know what's going on.
Suggestions?
There are two heads that haven't been opening up for a few days...nothing has changed. The other heads just seem to be opening up more though. Does that take away from how much other heads can open up? Are the heads dying? I don't know what's going on.
Suggestions?
It shouldn't affect the other heads, since they aren't connected in branching species. The only thing that would is if it happened to be a contagious infection. Not terribly much that can be done to stop it if it does. Can you give a summary of test results? Also, what do you want your thread title changed to?
