I Need Some Advice About My Yellow Polyps......

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miaskies

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I got some yellow polyps over a month ago and they have been slowly disappearing one by one. Everything else in the tank seems to be doing great. I had over 40 polyps and now I'm down to less than 20. What do I need to do to save these guys?
 
BigAl07

BigAl07

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What are your current test results (like right now if possible)?

What size tank?

What type of salt mix?

How much water do you change and when?

What else is in the tank?
 
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rdz1

Member
if you don't feed them seperately they will starve plus they eat after you turn light off or can over time train them to open up to eat when you feed everything else. you really need a spot feeder for them.
 
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miaskies

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rdz1 said:
if you don't feed them seperately they will starve plus they eat after you turn light off or can over time train them to open up to eat when you feed everything else. you really need a spot feeder for them.
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so what should I feed them?
 
Varga

Varga

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rdz1 said:
if you don't feed them seperately they will starve plus they eat after you turn light off or can over time train them to open up to eat when you feed everything else. you really need a spot feeder for them.
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You might be thinking of the Sun Coral....or do the yellow's do that too??

my question is what fish do you have.....someone might be eating the tasty algae inside the coral YUMMM
 
BigAl07

BigAl07

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I'm with Varga here. I have a clown who LOVES to "Garden" my yellow polyps. She keeps them at an almost constant number for some reason.
 
M

miaskies

Member
I have yellow button polyps. I do not have any fish in the tank yet. I have green chromis in quarantine with intestional worms hanging from their butts and I am about to give up on them, as they will not eat the medicated food and me dumping metroindazale and prazi via general cure packets has'nt seemed to help. In the tank with the polyps I have organ pipe coral, green star polyps, pink anthelia and live rock.
Does anyone who has kept yellow polyps have any advice on how to care for them or how to feeed them? Oh- I do have a small blue & orange legged hermit crab and about 3 dozen or more of these slug looking snails, all different sizes from tiny to big, although I have never seen them bothering the corals. Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
 
CATALYST

CATALYST

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I don't do anything to mine and they just keep growing. My urchin likes to eat them once in awhile. Have you tested your water? I have had mine detach and move too.
 
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