Scoly Feeder Tentacle Problems...

[sillysidewinder]

Got my first scoly 4 days ago. I plan on spotfeeding atleast once a week, however the only problem is its feeding tentacles aren't coming out at night... I have the scoly placed on the sandbed. My levels as of 3 days ago are as follows:

Alk: 8.8
Cal: 410
pH: 8.1
Mag: 1200

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[marrone]

It's possible that the Scoly wasn't feed regularly, or at all, so the feeders aren't coming out. You'll need to put food in the tank every day and in a short while the feeders will start to come out. Trying putting the food in the mouth area, that will also help.

 

[sillysidewinder]

if it hasn't been getting weekly feedings, could i just continue that? if possible, i would rather not have to feed it weekly.

 

[jcs11236]

you dont have to feed it directly but it does help.. it also grows faster by feeding.. i got my second one a few days ago and its tenticles are not coming out as well.. what i have been doing is just placing food right on his mouth and i see him suck the mysis right in.. takes a week or two until the scoly gets use to feeding and will open up with tentacles at night

 

[sillysidewinder]

I have to turn all my flow off to feed my mandarin, so that's when I do my spot-feeding. unfortunately between my clowns, shrimp, and crabs, spot-feeding has only been semi successful for corals.

 

[sillysidewinder]

got the scoly to eat with no problems this afternoon. took this idea from kathyc, what a great solution. the food is fauna marin LPS food. Sorry about the crappy iphone photos