leather

reefqueen · 05-11-2008, 04:42 PM

moved my umbrella leather from my 20 gallon to my 100 gallon its been 2 days and hes not comming out and looks like he is shrinking ?? once today one or two of his tentacles came out but that was it i have him sitting on the sand now but when i put him in he was 1/2 way to the top...the lighting over my 20 was 96 watt pc...the 100 is 4 54 watt t5 should i move him back to the 20 ??

jonnosteams · 05-12-2008, 01:52 PM

Maybe light-shy? Don't know really. I would leave him where his tentacles started coming out and wait a day or two. Just my guess.

The light went from 96W to 216W. That's a big difference. Could be the issue?

reefqueen · 05-12-2008, 05:42 PM

yeah i leaving him on the sand 1/2 of his tentacles came out today so i guess i will let him be...

aquawolf · 05-12-2008, 06:02 PM

Let him be for a while. Sometimes they don't like change at all and will close up for a while, especially after a move like that to higher lighting. As long as it doesn't start disintegrating it should be okay. It will adjust to light and might molt and then come out bigger than it was before.

Best of luck with it.