Carpet Anemone

[blueavlo]

Just got my carpet anemone about 2 days ago. Its color look fairly healthy but it seems to deflate quite often. A lot of times when it deflates it seems to be purging zooanthelle(sp?). Is this normal for a newly acclimating carpet or should I be worried? I am running a 250w MH and it hasn't moved since the first day I put it in so it seems to be happy with its location...

 

[kimsie]

Are you sure it's expelling zooanthelle or is it just expelling waste?

 

[blueavlo]

im not positive what its expelling... but its a brown stringy substance

 

[blueavlo]

no one?

 

[Toddrtrex]

What type of carpet is it?

It could just be doing an internal water change as a way to acclimate itself to your tank.

Is the mouth tightly closed?

What size tank, lights, how long has it been set up, and what are the current water parameters?

 

[blueavlo]

tanks been up for four months everything is testing perfectly.. except SG actually seems to be a little low... about 1.022 so that could be the problem.

 

[blueavlo]

the mouth is slightly open but not gaping

 

[Toddrtrex]

What type of carpet is it? gigantea, haddoni, or mertensii ?

What are the actually numbers when you test?

What size tank?

What lights do you have?

Your salinity should be around 1.025-1.026. For months isn't a long time for the tank being set up. And carpets ( all 3 ) aren't the best first anemone.