Does anybody know what happen to my bubble tip anemone ? It has been shrinking quite often even though the the light is on. All my others coral and the other bubble tip anemone is doing fine. Is just the newly added Green bubble tip having problem. It has been detaching from the rock quite often too.
Green Buble Tip Dying ?
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Lmecher
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You have another besides this one?
How long has your tank been set up, your rocks in the second photo look very new.
Have you tested you parameters? What are they?
How did you acclimate it? Newly added, how long ago?
Looks to be in very rough shape but they can look horrible and we are sure they are on thier way, only to recover.
Is it expelling anything?
Watch it carefully, if it starts to decompose, remove it immediately, decomposition will cause an anomia spike. You could do the smell test. If it's dying, you will know.
How long has your tank been set up, your rocks in the second photo look very new.
Have you tested you parameters? What are they?
How did you acclimate it? Newly added, how long ago?
Looks to be in very rough shape but they can look horrible and we are sure they are on thier way, only to recover.
Is it expelling anything?
Watch it carefully, if it starts to decompose, remove it immediately, decomposition will cause an anomia spike. You could do the smell test. If it's dying, you will know.
well actually 67 gallon tank is newly setup with 1and the half months old. and the 29 gallon tank is 11 months old. I have combine this 2 tank by using a 15 gallon sump which is 11 months old too. The 29 gallon tank is full with small tiny critter with lot's of cope pods and fill up with lots of caulerpa racemosa and the feather types. And the halimeda is poping out from no where.
I have also do a water change of 20 gallon twice. Each months once.
I acclimate it by floating in the bag for 15 min, the I empty the water in the bag and put it in tank. There is another old bubble tip in which is doing well in the 29 gal diplay tank too.
It did expel brown stringy things sometimes and my clownfish went to the anemone mouth and eat it.
water parameter are as below:
salinity: 1.024
tempreture: 26 celcius
For the NO2,NO3 and phospate I don't have any test kit.
I assume the seagrass will absord some. But getting no3 tester soon.
I have also do a water change of 20 gallon twice. Each months once.
I acclimate it by floating in the bag for 15 min, the I empty the water in the bag and put it in tank. There is another old bubble tip in which is doing well in the 29 gal diplay tank too.
It did expel brown stringy things sometimes and my clownfish went to the anemone mouth and eat it.
water parameter are as below:
salinity: 1.024
tempreture: 26 celcius
For the NO2,NO3 and phospate I don't have any test kit.
I assume the seagrass will absord some. But getting no3 tester soon.
dinesh_jay
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Mine does this at night, when there is no light. But when the light is on it is happy.
mouserusker
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No offense, but in my opinion, floating the bag for 15 minutes is entirely inadequate for acclimatiing something as sensitive as a BTA. I used some airline tubing and a small valve to start a siphon and slowed it down to about 3 drips per second from my main tank to my BTA's shipping bag. When the bag got full, I'd dump half of it down the drain. I did this for about three hours, and then picked the nem up and put it in my tank. I would say, as kindly as possible, NEVER put shipping water in your main tank. Diseases and parasites are inevitable when doing this.
As for the deflating, mine does this sometimes at night and sometimes during the day. I think it's their way of "breathing" to expel old water and take in new. The brown stuff is most likely anemone poop.
As for the deflating, mine does this sometimes at night and sometimes during the day. I think it's their way of "breathing" to expel old water and take in new. The brown stuff is most likely anemone poop.
Lmecher
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Yes, yes, temp acclimating is good but you need to acclimate to your tanks chemistry also. It can have grave effects to change even one element drasticly such as a jump or drop in SG instantly. You definately did not do your bta any favors by not properly acclimating. If you don't know what your parameters are, you should not have added a delicate anemone. I always check at least SG of the water in the bag, a greater difference will dictate slower acclimation.
Buy yourself a good reef test kit and start testing your water. When listing your parameters we want to know:
amonia
nitrite
nitrate
PH
SG
at the very least.
mouserusker
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Don't forget Temp.
Whenever I get new livestock, I usually drip acclimate for the rest of the day/evening after I return home from the not-so-LFS. This gives me a good excuse to test my water, do some little tank maintainence, or otherwise hang out around my reef. It's like a little mini vacation for me.
My point is: acclimating doesn't have to be a PITA. It's an attitude/perspective thing.
Whenever I get new livestock, I usually drip acclimate for the rest of the day/evening after I return home from the not-so-LFS. This gives me a good excuse to test my water, do some little tank maintainence, or otherwise hang out around my reef. It's like a little mini vacation for me.
My point is: acclimating doesn't have to be a PITA. It's an attitude/perspective thing.
