Hi guys. New to reef central but always use your advice when googling. Anyway to get to it. I recently upgraded my tank from a 45g cube to a 120g. I had a great red anemone and he was close to a softball size.
I moved him to the new tank and he was okay for a few days. Then one day he moved. I didn't know he was attached to two rocks and when I picked up the rock with him on it and ripped him into two. I am ****ed as this was a beautiful anemone but worry about him now. Both pieces of them have mouths and are securely footed into the rockwork. Both are attached to rock in the tank but have severely retracted. They both still have colour but barely any tentacle movement. I am worried that they will pollute my tank if they die but unsure when to call it quite sure or keep them going? Here's a pic of the anemones. Please help!
I have tried feeding them and neither seems to latch onto any food. On Monday the small one ate I think, The bigger one is around the back of my tank and difficult to deal with.
Two things I have changed recently;
I changed my lights from a current USa Marine pro to a 3Wx50 (150W) full spectrum led box. This is running at 40% white and 60% blue.
I added a GFO reactor and am using Seagel ( mix of carbon and GFO) in the filter.
My specs are as follows.
Salinity : 1.025
Nitrates: 3ppm
Alk: 9
Calcium: 420
Ammonia : 0
Phosphates: 0
I have some livestock but nothing bothering them.
1 Moorish Idol
2 Clowns
2 Gold face Gobies
1 Blue tang
2 peppermint shrimp
2 emerald crabs
1 porcelain crab
numerous snails and hermit crabs
Please help if you don't mind, I don't want to lose all my livestock for a dying anemone.
I moved him to the new tank and he was okay for a few days. Then one day he moved. I didn't know he was attached to two rocks and when I picked up the rock with him on it and ripped him into two. I am ****ed as this was a beautiful anemone but worry about him now. Both pieces of them have mouths and are securely footed into the rockwork. Both are attached to rock in the tank but have severely retracted. They both still have colour but barely any tentacle movement. I am worried that they will pollute my tank if they die but unsure when to call it quite sure or keep them going? Here's a pic of the anemones. Please help!
I have tried feeding them and neither seems to latch onto any food. On Monday the small one ate I think, The bigger one is around the back of my tank and difficult to deal with.
Two things I have changed recently;
I changed my lights from a current USa Marine pro to a 3Wx50 (150W) full spectrum led box. This is running at 40% white and 60% blue.
I added a GFO reactor and am using Seagel ( mix of carbon and GFO) in the filter.
My specs are as follows.
Salinity : 1.025
Nitrates: 3ppm
Alk: 9
Calcium: 420
Ammonia : 0
Phosphates: 0
I have some livestock but nothing bothering them.
1 Moorish Idol
2 Clowns
2 Gold face Gobies
1 Blue tang
2 peppermint shrimp
2 emerald crabs
1 porcelain crab
numerous snails and hermit crabs
Please help if you don't mind, I don't want to lose all my livestock for a dying anemone.
