Clowns and my anemone...hahaha
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Aaarrrggg
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Mine hovered above the BTA for a few weeks before the female decided to drive in so it's a good sign that they've noticed it.
The bad news is your BTA is bleached. It will need a lot of care and pristine water conditions if it is to recover, which will be difficult in a 1mth old tank. It's the norm to wait at least 6mths before adding any nem so the tank params have enough time to settle.
There’s some excellent BTA info at http://www.karensroseanemones.com/
Good luck!
The bad news is your BTA is bleached. It will need a lot of care and pristine water conditions if it is to recover, which will be difficult in a 1mth old tank. It's the norm to wait at least 6mths before adding any nem so the tank params have enough time to settle.
There’s some excellent BTA info at http://www.karensroseanemones.com/
Good luck!
It's actually alot greener it's just the camera makes it lighter...but yeah I've been through it with another forum and it's not really my lighting it's the nitrates. They're staying at 20 so I was forced to order a skimmer (WHICH HASN'T CAME YET! :mad2: ) It's the sapphire recirculating skimmer...so that should help it.
AquaReeferMan
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Nitrates at 20pmm are not going to make an anemone bleach. Putting an anemone in a 1 month old tank will. I used to have my BTA in my 55g with trates at 20pmm for months, never had an issues. The fluctuation of the water params is prolly what did it in if it wasent bleached already when you got it. What for lighting do you have. Anyway looks nice it will color up eventually. The clowns are just getting used to it. Every clown I owned would suck on the tips of the nems when they started using them. Its weird.
E.J. Coral
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Nitrates of 20 won't cause bleaching .... I know from experience. Was the anemone bleached when you got it? It can take months for these guys to get the zooanthellae back. In the meantime you need to feed well, and hope that the clowns don't beat the anemone to death. that anemone isn't big enough for one of your clowns .... but two?
Toddrtrex
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108? What type of bulbs and what color temp? (( the reason that I ask about them being 108 watts is that I am trying to figure out what bulbs add up to 108. (they could be T5s, since I am not as familiar with the wattage that they come in) ))
I also think that the tank only being set up since late May isn't helping much either.
Are you feeding it often?
I also think that the tank only being set up since late May isn't helping much either.
Are you feeding it often?
E.J. Coral
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What type of shrimp ... Does it completely digest it, or spit out virtually whole pieces after a few hours. One thing that concerns me is the short tentacle length ... kinda like it is using it's body mass for nutrtion ...
The anemone maybe came from MH, and bleached due to the change in light ... I dunno.
Try silversides and/or krill soaked in selcon.... very, very small pieces ....
The tentacles are longer its just the camera sucks and makes them look brighter, but im just mad now because both of my clowns were snuggling in the anemone and the stupid cleaner shrimp came over and moved them away! I use the regular frozen shrimp you pick up in the store
Toddrtrex
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Even is your camera does suck, the shorter tentacles are a good indication that it is starving. So you use shrimp that you would pick up for shrimp cocktail to eat yourself? Which is fine, but just make sure you are using very small pieces -- cut them up. If the pieces are too big it won't be able to digest them, and could put more strain on it.
Actually, you should be happy that the shrimp chased them away, the clowns could add more stress at this moment.
The lighting could be stronger, but I am not sure that is the main cause of the bleaching, but it isn't helping.
Here is a picture of my BTA, I have had it for over 6 years now -- has split many times. IMO, the tentacles should look more like this (( I have never had a BTA keep its bubble tips regardless of lighting, feeding, etc. ))
Actually, you should be happy that the shrimp chased them away, the clowns could add more stress at this moment.
The lighting could be stronger, but I am not sure that is the main cause of the bleaching, but it isn't helping.
Here is a picture of my BTA, I have had it for over 6 years now -- has split many times. IMO, the tentacles should look more like this (( I have never had a BTA keep its bubble tips regardless of lighting, feeding, etc. ))
It's tentacles are bigger...like I said the camera can't show it they're bubbly like a BTA should and about 1-2 cm long...last night both clowns were sleeping in the anemone last night...one was snuggling around the other just laying in it and the cleaner chased them out again. They aren't being rough they just sit in it and shake a little. Yeah those are the shrimp I use..just raw shrimp. My skimmer comes in today, so my nitrates should be lowering drastically!
I'm not denying anything...but if it wanted more light it could move. and actually the skimmers do alot in nano tanks...look up the sapphire skimmer it's one of the best nano skimmers out on the market. I do use RO water...I'm going to run this skimmer and wait for my nitrates to go down and see how it turns out.
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