GBTA....Anemone Log
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Tmoriarty
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Alright new day... mouth 100% closed, 22 hours in the tank. It has moved almost to the bottom of the tank, rotated around the rock it was on when it climbed down last night. Its firmly attached just mobile, lol. It is bubbled nicely. Here is the newest picture (morning lights came on 20 minutes ago so it just started opening back up fully). Ill take another picture this afternoon sometime and post that. Id like it to settle in and stop moving anyone know how long this usually takes or a way to help it?
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kduen
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Once it finds a spot where all it's needs are met(right ammount of flow/light and a nice little hole to place it's foot) it should stay put. That could be anywhere from 30sec. to a week or so. When I placed mine in the tank it didn't move an inch until i had to remove it because the clowns were loving it to death.
cet98
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Tmoriarty
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It deflated all the way (to about 1.4 inches across) im guessing to exchange its water? I know they dont normally deflate daily so is it just doing so because its still fully acclimating. 2 hours ago it was fully inflated, its still deflated, how long do they take to change out water? Should I be worried about it? Its still fully attached in the spot it was this morning, just deflated. I can post a pic if its unclear what I mean.
jimmy_beaner
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Toddrtrex
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It isn't normal, but not uncommon with new anemones. I received an new S. Haddoni yesterday, and so far it hasn't deflated at all.
Tmoriarty
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I do believe I told you it would deflateLet it swap out its water.
yes sir you did, but i thought the deflation in the bag was it getting rid of its bad water, and the reinflation was it taking in new good water. I didnt figure it would deflate again. How long is the deflation/inflation process usually?
Color? You need to at least start a thread so we can see a pic or two...
It will vary from specimen to specimen... I would check your water quality again... Never hurts to be overly cautious... Main thing is to leave it be and let it get settled...
Do a water change and run some carbon if it eases your mind or becomes necessary...
Tmoriarty
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wife sent me a pic to my phone.... its reinflated, located in the same location. My little experience shows with my nervousness to any change in the nem, I have to remember they are sacks of water. Its so hard to know what to do when a creature thats over 4 inches shrinks down to an inch, tentacles down to like .4 inches, lol. Thank you for the input btw.
Tmoriarty
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It has been a couple days so throwing an updated picture up. It has been doing well, has not deflated that I know of again. It is frustrating that it decided to pic a spot on the bottom of my tank, but at least its not behind the rock, lol. Here are some new pics of it as of this morning, bubbled up very nicely, mouth is closed and nicely puckered 
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jimmy_beaner
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It has been a couple days so throwing an updated picture up. It has been doing well, has not deflated that I know of again. It is frustrating that it decided to pic a spot on the bottom of my tank, but at least its not behind the rock, lol. Here are some new pics of it as of this morning, bubbled up very nicely, mouth is closed and nicely puckered
Now just be ready for it to move around after it decides it likes the tank, finding a perfect spot for it. That'll likely take a little while.
Toddrtrex
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Color? You need to at least start a thread so we can see a pic or two...
Greyish greenish -- hard to describe, will do my best to get a picture of it (( and the orange skunks that are already in it )) sometime tonight or this weekend.
Tmoriarty
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UPdate: so it hasnt moved or closed up again, Ill feed it tommorow and see how it does. Even under my sub lighting it is still very bubbled throughout the day. At night it shrinks a little and loses the bubbles but still looks very solid. tommorow morning Ill post another picture of it.... and of course.... clowns still havnt moved . But on a side note..... I just aquired a 200g tank for 50$, got some acryllic buffing to do but man oh man what a steal. 1700 dollar tank for 50$, Ill take that anyways. Everything will get moved into it in a few months once I aquire new lighting and everything else im going to need to run a tank of this size. ( good by money..... good by money )
. But on a side note..... I just aquired a 200g tank for 50$, got some acryllic buffing to do but man oh man what a steal. 1700 dollar tank for 50$, Ill take that anyways. Everything will get moved into it in a few months once I aquire new lighting and everything else im going to need to run a tank of this size. ( good by money..... good by money )
