whyamisofly
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I have what I believe to be a Pink Bubble Tip or Hawaiian Red Anemone. This anemone has to be to hell and back, numerous times.
This anemone was given to me on a piece of LR after the previous owner could not detach it from the rock. He had it hanging upside down out of water for AT LEAST an hour before I got there. He gave up on it and just gave it to me. He said he paid a large sum for it ($200+), hence the reason of trying so hard.
I got the anemone home and it wasn't looking too good (obviously). After a month or so, it started to look decent, but not "good". Well, I was trying to take care of some aiptaisa that came with the rock he sold me and my flow changed......boom, 6mL of 100% kalkwasser right in the kisser. I did everything I could to get it out of its mouth, but all tentacles had closed up immediately and I couldn't get much out. Couple days passed and I couldn't find it anymore. I started pulling rock out and it was under one of my over hangs, with no tentacles. All shriveled up to the size of a quarter. I spot fed him for the next 2 months and slowly but surely it began growing tentacles back.
I thought all was well, it was growing very slowly, but was on the road to recovery. That is until I moved.
All the rock in my tank died off due to a spill of the buckets in the U-haul, so I have had the anemone in a holding tank with the little water I could salvage. It isn't looking good again. I can't get it to eat any food, but its foot is stuck to the bottom of the tank, so I assume it is where it wants to be.
Top down picture -
From the front -
Ammonia - 0
Trite - 0
Trate - 5
Salinity - 1.026
Temp - 78.6
What can I do to help this guy out?
Thanks everyone in advance!
This anemone was given to me on a piece of LR after the previous owner could not detach it from the rock. He had it hanging upside down out of water for AT LEAST an hour before I got there. He gave up on it and just gave it to me. He said he paid a large sum for it ($200+), hence the reason of trying so hard.
I got the anemone home and it wasn't looking too good (obviously). After a month or so, it started to look decent, but not "good". Well, I was trying to take care of some aiptaisa that came with the rock he sold me and my flow changed......boom, 6mL of 100% kalkwasser right in the kisser. I did everything I could to get it out of its mouth, but all tentacles had closed up immediately and I couldn't get much out. Couple days passed and I couldn't find it anymore. I started pulling rock out and it was under one of my over hangs, with no tentacles. All shriveled up to the size of a quarter. I spot fed him for the next 2 months and slowly but surely it began growing tentacles back.
I thought all was well, it was growing very slowly, but was on the road to recovery. That is until I moved.
All the rock in my tank died off due to a spill of the buckets in the U-haul, so I have had the anemone in a holding tank with the little water I could salvage. It isn't looking good again. I can't get it to eat any food, but its foot is stuck to the bottom of the tank, so I assume it is where it wants to be.
Top down picture -
From the front -
Ammonia - 0
Trite - 0
Trate - 5
Salinity - 1.026
Temp - 78.6
What can I do to help this guy out?
Thanks everyone in advance!
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