LTA closed up tight after waterchange!

mine retracts a little bit but does not fully retract unless the water starts hitting him so maybe since it was cold water some of it hit him and shocked him but i wouldn't be worried

 

yea my 2 year old daughter wanted to "help dad" and she pushed the box up so instead of my slow pour into the power head to disburse it i got a huge flow and im sure it hit it

 

i would say tomorrow he should be back to normal you did say he opened a little when you tried to feed him so thats probably a plus i wouldn't worry unless he is still retracted tomorrow

 

awesome thanks everyone lol. i didnt want to wake up to a tank that was nuked by my nem. i think my daughter would freak if nemo lenny and cletus were floating when she got up lol

 

2 years old and all about my fish already lmao gotta have the distilled till i can buy an rodi

 

shes cute

 

Pretty normal. I dont have a nem but most all my corals close up if a wc is done during the day. I try to do my wc at night (when lights are off) when the corals have mostly retracted in so they dont get as irritated. Probably doesn't help much but im sure its better for them even if only slightly.

 

thanks jammers and ill give that a try fischkid2 i never thought about that

 

i have a RBTA i noticed if i do my water changes on the side of the tank the nem is on it will close up just a lil but if i pour the water in the other side of the tank it seems to stay open and does just fine. i do my water changes with no light on in the tank because i take my canopy off. it may have just got some free floating stuff you kicked up and thought it was food... i wouldnt worry mine closes up all the time for a few hours then i come back to find it wide open with my clowns inside hosting it again.