steelhead77 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I have a bunch of Duncans that started out as 4 heads about 6-7 months ago and grew like gangbusters and grew to about 12 heads. I upgraded to a 125 about six weeks ago, and everything seemed to be going very well. I'm not sure if this is connected but, in my aquascaping, I positioned a large Favia under the Duncs and over a couple days and nights the tentacles started stinging it pretty bad. I moved the Favia, but maybe too late. Friday I did a 20% w/c but yesterday, I lost one head completely and today 2 more died (not the ones that were stung). Yesterday I gave it a Reef Dip not knowing what else to do. All my params are normal, and all my other corals are looking really good, including another 6 head cluster of Duncans. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to stop the death? This is one of our favorite pieces and it's sad to see it going away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I would try target feeding them. Maybe moving them, depending on current location if in high flow try low, if in low flow try higher. I had a head die on me when I first got mine, I moved them to the bottom of my tank and started target feeding them and everything seemed to turn around. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead77 Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 I would try target feeding them. Maybe moving them' date=' depending on current location if in high flow try low, if in low flow try higher.[/quote'] Thanks. I've tried both of those suggestions. I've moved it to a quiet corner now, away from direct light and flow hoping it will heal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I hope so. Are you target feeding them as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead77 Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 I hope so. Are you target feeding them as well? Yup. A mixture of frozen mysis, cyclops and brine shrimp. What do you feed yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I have feed mine squid (which they loved), krill, mysis, live guppies (which the really LOVED) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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