carpet anemone picture

[Massengill]

Here it is, and the aquarium with the pair of Tomatoes

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It looks great, other than the off-centered mouth

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My clowns still haven't bothered with it

 

[Massengill]

Any suggestions on how to speed up the process of getting it's mouth centerred? Will feeding help it? I have plenty of water flow for it and plenty of light.

 

[dc]

Just patience.

 

[Don-Coraleone]

as it grows its mouth will center. feeding will spur the growth though.

 

[Cope]

Sorry to go off topic, but what are the blue disks on the right hand side? They look super cool.

 

[Haddonisreef]

Artificial?

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12267466#post12267466 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CHARLIE AGUILAR
Artificial?

yes they are arificial corals, he wanted to do artificial anemones but they looked really fake.

 

[Cope]

Sorry to continue the off topic, but are they modeled after a real coral?
Are there any real corals that look like that for reef tanks?
Ok I'm done, Nice green carpet by the way.

 

[Massengill]

Yes, the corals on the right are artificial mushrooms. They are great, look good and do not appear to collect algae. The green zoes don't seem to collect algae either, but do not look as good as the shrooms. The artificial anemone was pathetic. The SPS coral I had looked great too, but collected algae real bad. Yes, the artificial shrooms are modeled after real mushroom corals. They would look better if they were green or brown though.

 

[garygb]

Nice anemone. Do you have a skimmer? I ask because I can't see one on the back of the tank. How are your water parameters: nitrates, specific gravity, temp., ph, alkalinity?

 

[Massengill]

I do not have a skimmer, but I am running 2 Emperor 400's. No more room left on back of tank. I am running 2 power-heads and a heater too.

2 trays with crushed coral
2 trays with carbon
2 trays with chemi-pure
2 trays with phos-zorb

My water appears to be good

SG = 1.023
temp = 79
ammonia = 0
nitrites = 0
nitrates = 20ppm (they always stay there, before or after a water change)
pH = 8.0

I would like to have a skimmer, especially in a sump, but that will be when I can afford to buy lighting for a 75 gallon aquarium.

 

[garygb]

The specific gravity need to be increased to 1.026 and the nitrates need to be lowered. A protein skimmer would help with that. You should be performing weekly water changes 15% of tank volume.

 

[Massengill]

1.024 huh, I've never had it over 1.024 and I thought 1.025 was pushing it. Last time I ran a skimmer it worked great for about a month, but then it just quit producing protein. Maybe that was because I decreased the bioload. If I can ever catch the damsel and chromis I will just have the anemone and clowns. I used the damsel and chromis to cycle it, now I can't get rid of them without tearing my tank down. As I do water changes I will increase the salinity.

 

[garygb]

Yeah, you want to shoot for 1.026. Natural seawater averages between 1.026 and 1.027 actually. Depending on the brand of skimmer, some are great and some are crap. They should run for years and produce skimmate constantly, even with a relatively low bioload.

 

[Massengill]

I hope that with my very small bioload and with the amount of filtration I have the anemone will be OK. I use to have a LT anemone that was very impressive for 3-4 months and no skimmer. It only died because of a bristle worm ate into its base.