Green Carpet addition

[rayn]

Just thought I would show ny new addition of a green carpet, I believe a haddoni. Got it last friday before it was even acclimated to the LFS tank. Brought it home, acclimated it to my tank and placed in the center. Covered the tank with tinted acrylic, then will change that out with screen this weekend.
After first opening and settled
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Then all hell broke loose
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Ran water tests and found alk low so brought it up over two days to 9 and got this
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and then tonight
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Currently residing in a 55, but if all goes well it will move to a 125 in the future. Lights are 4 T5 in a aquaticlife fixture.
Water params are 35 ppt, cal 380, mag, 1290, alk 9, ph 8.4.

Only question I have currently is why the heck is it crawling up the back glass and going out of the sand?
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[Toddrtrex]

Do you have any other anemones in this tank? (( I have had bad luck mixing Haddonis with other species of anemones ))

I would NOT move it -- let it do what it wants. However, all of mine have always been on/in the sandbed -- right at the rock/sand interface. So, you might want to make a little cove of rocks around it.

What are your parameters -- with numbers please.

 

[rayn]

Sal 35 ppt
cal 380
mag 1290
alk 9
ph 8.4
trates are probably on the higher side at 20 ppm, but working on lowering them

This is the lone coral/invert/nem in the tank. The whole point of this tank was a nem tank, and since I got a carpet it might be all that gets put in, but don't quote me on that. There is a yellowtail blenny, and two skunk clowns for fish with a kole tang in QT to help with the algea that may arise.
I have no intention of moving it unless it gets to close to the top or a powerhead, which is covered. I can move some rocks closer to where the base was too.

 

[rayn]

I made a little cave to the side of it. It walked about five inches up the back and finally came down. However, it is now detached and basically laying there. It is opened, but the mout is a little too. Any suggestions?

 

[elegance coral]

How deep is your sand? If it wasn't able to completely bury its foot, there's no way it would have sat still. I'd dig some sand away from a rock, and place the anemone in the hole. Once the anemone attaches to the rock, or glass on the bottom, you can back fill the hole.

 

[rayn]

Sand is about four inches where it is at. I can add more as I have a bag sitting in wait for something. I'll dig the hole and place it there. Would adding more sand now help or hurt?

 

[rayn]

I moved some LR closer and dug out the sand, then got ready to move the nem. Lo and behold it was attached. I left it along and moved the rock a little closer and gave it a little cave of rock, sand, and glass to attach to with sand ready to be placed back around the foot. Still looks good and wide open though, looks a lot like the one kduen has in his thread when it acclimated to the tank. Almost exactly, hope I get the same results as it.

 

[rayn]

Okay more questions. I made a small cave or cove and moved sand aside in anticipation of it moving back down. Did slowly, almost there, crawl back up the glass. I've had it something like two weeks now. Hasn't ate, that I know of. I would really love a explanation of what they do when they eat too. Also flow is killing me getting it right. I have the return of a rio 2100 wit about two feet of head, then a k3. I moved the k to keep from blowing the nem and ended up win water on the floor. Moved the k and blew the nem around. I just rescaped and built basically a wall around him with just the center open. This is also a 55 gallon, is the k3 to much? Would say two new koralia nanos at opposite be better? Once again the nem is all that is in there. I've kept up on parameters, so they are still reading good as well.

 

[bradleym]

Sal 35 ppt
cal 380
mag 1290
alk 9
ph 8.4
trates are probably on the higher side at 20 ppm, but working on lowering them

This is the lone coral/invert/nem in the tank. The whole point of this tank was a nem tank, and since I got a carpet it might be all that gets put in, but don't quote me on that. There is a yellowtail blenny, and two skunk clowns for fish with a kole tang in QT to help with the algea that may arise.
I have no intention of moving it unless it gets to close to the top or a powerhead, which is covered. I can move some rocks closer to where the base was too.

Stupid question, probably, but how long has the tank been established?

 

[elegance coral]

These are low flow anemones. If there is to much flow, it will not sit still. Haddonis that can't sit still typically don't survive long. You've got to get it comfortable. Low flow with its column completely concealed. If the anemone feels water movement on its pedal disk, it's likely to take off. The anemone is burning way to much energy moving around. It simply does not have the reserves to keep this up.

You can go to YouTube and search "haddoni feeding" and find plenty of videos showing how these anemones feed.

 

[rayn]

Tank is four months old. I was wrong when I bought the carpet and thought it was older then it was. Learned later looking back through my logs it was newer. It had a ha growth that I have taken care of by scrubbing and running gfo.

As for it moving I am concerned too. The thing that is making me hold hope is that it opens fully daily and looks bright green with just the slight purple under tone colors. It gets 12-15 inches across now which is bigger then it has ever been.

Also checked mag last night. 1230 Is this to low for the carpet? I generally try to stay somewhere in the 1300 range.

 

[bradleym]

If the tank is that young, it may be all there is to it. The flow also could be an issue like mentioned above.

 

[rayn]

Well then I have two options. Move to my 120, which has five bta in it. Leave as is and hope for the best with good husbandry and flow. Third option, though im not sure I can, return to lfs but this is my least favorite. Unless I leave, I would have to get the foot off without tearing it too.

 

[bradleym]

If you keep it in there I would suggest a weekly 10g water change. And don't discount the light screen acclimation. It made a huge difference with a bleached Haddoni I received.

 

[rayn]

I do 10 gal weekly on the 55, always have. Some say it is more then neccessary, but it works for me.
As for the screen, I didn't do that but used tinted acrylic I had. One week under only actinic light, one week under full light, then into full light. It perked up when it got full light too.

I pulled all the flow off as I was blowing it around and it curled up. Place a small 160 gph pump in and it opened eight back up. I think I just need smaller pump/s.

 

[rayn]

Here are a couple pics from tonight. The foot is still on the glass, but the rock work is piled around it now. Since changing to the smaller pump, the edges move slightly, but no major disruptment. The mouth is again open, but still not protruding out.

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