Carpet in a system with ich. Worth it?

[OrionN]

Pictures please, once he is in

 

[E.intheC]

I'll try my best . Tank is still cloudy from arranging things for the new anemone.

Minh, you think it's still a decent sized risk to add the anemone with the clowns still in the tank?

 

[E.intheC]

I forgot how stressful transferring the Haddoni from bucket to tank really is!

But, I've done it twice in the past and used that experience to help me out. Really it just calmed my nerves. Lol. The mouth is as tight as can be and it only took about two minutes for the foot to dig in. Hopefully she won't detach

 

[OrionN]

I don't think it is too much of a risk. If the clowns take to the anemone, they will be fine

 

[E.intheC]

I appreciate all the help. If not for you guys this beautiful carpet probably would not be in my tank.

Speaking of... It is doing extremely well in the first few hours it's been in m tank. The foot attached about two or three minutes after I dug the hole and placed the foot there. The mouth is very tight and looks great. Hopefully it will stay that way.

I've been trying to take pics but the royal blue LEDs and my iPhone (plus my inability to take a pic of anything) is not a good combination.

Kind of an odd problem to have, but my saddles are already treating the Haddons as their home. It was literally five or ten minutes after introduction that thy showed interest. Once the foot dug in, it was love at first ... "rub"!? I am a bit worried about this, but the anemone truly does not seem bothered. Yet. I'll be watching them. Trouble is, when I try to move them away, the clowns get scared and use the carpet as refuge.

 

[E.intheC]

I appreciate all the help. If not for you guys this beautiful carpet probably would not be in my tank.

Speaking of... It is doing extremely well in the first few hours it's been in m tank. The foot attached about two or three minutes after I dug the hole and placed the foot there. The mouth is very tight and looks great. Hopefully it will stay that way.

I've been trying to take pics but the royal blue LEDs and my iPhone (plus my inability to take a pic of anything) is not a good combination.

Kind of an odd problem to have, but my saddles are already treating the Haddons as their home. It was literally five or ten minutes after introduction that thy showed interest. Once the foot dug in, it was love at first ... "rub"!? I am a bit worried about this, but the anemone truly does not seem bothered. Yet. I'll be watching them. Trouble is, when I try to move them away, the clowns get scared and use the carpet as refuge.

 

[OrionN]

If you want to catch clowns from the anemone, wait until they sleep and use a clean glass mug (I use a glass measuring cup). Anemone will not react to clean glass and the clowns will not see the glass. You can catch them every easy this way.

 

[E.intheC]

Thanks Minh. So far they're not bothering the anemone too much. I was a bit concerned last night, but everything seems to be settling in.

So... I'm going to post some pics. However, I have to remind folks that I SUCK at taking pictures and I apologize in advance. Also, I had to move corals all over the place, stir up the sand.. move rocks around a bit.. so my tank is a disaster right now (except for the anemone). The first pic was about 1 hour after introduction. It worked out that the LEDs were starting to dim on their own, and it was very heavily set on the B+RB side of things:

This second set of pics does not even come close to showing the color, but shows the overall health and the mouth of this beauty. The two pics are taken with tank lights out completely, and the flash from my phone. Again; color is not anything close to real life. (And the glass is dirty from last night's ordeal :hmm3

 

[E.intheC]

:lol: ..how embarrassing is that glass? I will have to post some pics this afternoon after cleaning up and arranging things.

 

[OrionN]

For sump-less tank, I like to use a CPR hang-on skimmer in the back where I put the heater. IME, heater in an anemone tank is a big no-no

 

[E.intheC]

Thanks for the tip. The tank has a sump but it's being worked on at the moment so the heater is temporarily in the main display. The ambient room temp is hovering around 76-78 degrees so I'm sure th heater hasn't been on much (if at all). You're right though. Under normal circumstances you don't want a heater in the display.

 

[E.intheC]

Well... I'm unhappy to be posting this right now, but feel it's important.

First, the anemone is doing excellent. She hasn't moved at all from the exact spot I placed her. The mouth is tight and so far she's not done the "inflate-deflate" dance at all. It looks like the carpet has been in my tank for years. Everything looks 100% perfect.. I'm pleasantly surprised, and obviously very happy about the carpet.

HOWEVER. I am sad to report that my female Saddle is NOT doing well ..since yesterday I noticed a slightly odd behavior coming from both clowns.. to sum it up.. they were just not swimming as much.. kind of laying around on the anemone, swimming slowly. They were both eating + breathing well and reacting to stimuli, but just not as active as they normally are. I was OK with this because it meant my carpet wouldn't be harassed as much, and would allow her to settle in.

The male clown seems to be doing better today, but so far my female is not. She has been laying on the sand bed, breathing heavy at times. Swimming to the surface... then listlessly floating down.... I see no spots of ich or any parasite issues. I'm kind of at a loss... Right now I don't have access to ammonia or nitrite test kits (stupid me.. but I thought I had a full test kit; turns out it's the API Reef kit that doesn't have either).. I will be buying the kits today as soon as the store opens (luckily I have the day off).....

It looks like my corals and my anemone are perfectly fine, so I doubt it's a water quality issue, but you never know, and I want to test to be sure. The temp is 78.6 according to my controller.. well in the normal range. SG is 1.026.

In the interest of full disclosure, I hadn't had my sump running because I needed to fix some plumbing issues. Yesterday I added about 15-20 gallons (split up between two different times, about 10 gallons each) .. but the water was temp and salinity matched well. There is plenty of oxygen in the water - the surface is very turbid, and the overflow is introducing tons of air into the drain line.

 

[Tmoriarty]

It may be possible that the clowns took some stings from the nem? Not sure if Haddoni is a natural host to saddlebacks (I thought it was but cant recall). Either way a fish that has been stung often reacts with heavy breathing and little movement, just something to keep in mind (shot in the dark).

 

[E.intheC]

It may be possible that the clowns took some stings from the nem? Not sure if Haddoni is a natural host to saddlebacks (I thought it was but cant recall). Either way a fish that has been stung often reacts with heavy breathing and little movement, just something to keep in mind (shot in the dark).

It could very well be that. S. Haddoni is a natural host for a. Polymnus, but they were introduced recently. This pair of clowns was doing great with two other haddonis in my old system, though. :hmm5: I'm not sure, but I need to continue to watch her.

 

[OrionN]

I am sorry to hear this. Good luck with them. FWIW, S. haddoni is the natural host of A. polymnus.

 

[E.intheC]

Thanks. The female didn't make it . Still at a loss...

 

[worm5406]

:lol: ..how embarrassing is that glass? I will have to post some pics this afternoon after cleaning up and arranging things.

I know... What were you thinking... Just be glad SushiGirl did not see those pictures yet! Good luck with the sick one.

 

[E.intheC]

Thanks.

The male has disappeared also. Not a good few days.

To end the note on a positive one, the anemone is still looking very healthy.

 

[mnchartier]

Sorry to hear about the clowns, but thats a nice looking haddoni.

 

[SSprince]

Sorry to hear about your loss..................