H.Crispa update.

[kimsie]

Ok Christina - How is your Sebae today?

By the way - I think I jinxed myself!!! Last night - bleached one was just fine - still in his rock cave/sand hole... This morning - upside down in front of it! pretty much deflated. So I flipped him back over... I'm thinking he tried to move maybe and my clown pushed him over? I don't know... I was thinking that where he was there wasn't enough light.. and that he may have to move from there - so hopefully that's all it is... but now I'm worried!

What's going on with our anemones?! This is almost 3 weeks that he's been in there and doing good!?!

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

oh ok georgia..I was wondering how you were able to have two #3's with out your anemone being blasted with current. I have three #3's and I can't turn them on. No big deal.. my xenias, frogspawn, hammer coral and LT plate don't like a lot of current just like my anemone. I'll just save the 3's for a aquacultured sps tank I want. Sigh, now about the anemone.. I think I'm going to try that fortress scott mentioned. I have only two rocks that would be good candidate's for that. The anemone was looking really happy with the #2 koralia on. Then I guess it was getting too much current and it was lifting the anemone out of its new location. I had to turn the powerhead off again :rolleye1: . At least I was able to see it eat some thing yesterday insted of the food going on its tentacles then disappearing.
Yeah Kim I think I might of jinxed myself too.. well it looks like I'm going to have to do some reaquascaping later on today

 

[georgie1]

Yea I was rushing to get the post out. I wish you and Kimsie the best of luck and if you have any other questions feel free to ask...

 

[elegance coral]

This is one of the H. Crispas I have had. Every time I would go to long between water changes or not change enough water it would detach and start looking bad. After a large water change it would reattach and start looking good again. A good tank cleaning and water change may help. Just a thought.

 

[kimsie]

Oh Elegance... interesting - it is time for a water change! I'm scheduled to do one tomorrow! And it's been 2 weeks since my last... For a while there I was doing closer to weekly ones... Maybe they just prefer weekly changes?

 

[garygb]

Small weekly changes is better than less regular large water changes--greater stability.

 

[kimsie]

Ok - so what percentage would you to weekly? What do you think of a total of 5g weekly divided by my 12g, 14g and 30g? Or would you do 10g weekly? OR would you do 5g one week then 10g the next week? So every other week it was a bigger WC?

 

[garygb]

lol. That reminded me of one of those word problems in algebra. I would do approximately 10-15 percent of the tank volume per week. When I say tank volume, estimate the actual water in the system (including sump, if you have one) and go from there. I personally like ReefCrystals or Instant Ocean as brand. Do you use RO/DI water? If so, it is good to aerate it for 8 hours or so to drive off the CO2 and not "eat up" unnecessary alk. After aerating the water, add the salt, get it up to the right specific gravity and let it circulate ~24 hours (give or take), adjust the temp. with a heater and it should be good to go. You can test to be on the safe side for alk, ph, etc. I assume if one batch tests out okay from a bucket (I get the 160 gallon buckets) then I don't test every time--I just make sure the sg and the temp. are the same as the aquariums.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

I do 10% weekly water changes on all my tanks.

 

[JJFly]

Okay, to many variables here. I have several H. Crispas. My biggest nems are 18" and 2'.

Leave your normal flow pumps on. Let the anemone tumble, this is a natural response as they look for their ideal flow area. Understand they want the flow to take food to them. They use the flow to go to the area where the food settles. Anemones don't like direct flow, they like moderate flows that bring the food to them. It will set its foot, down in the sand and under the lower edge of a rock if available. Then it will start to open really wide. Like a catcher's mitt in baseball. Waiting for natural foods to float into its snare.
(Hint: in the wild there isn't a hand that feeds every-other day.) My largest anemone parked itself at the low flow point of two pumps. I don't directly feed it anything. It catches mysis and tiny fresh krill every day I feed the fish. You won't believe how quick these little feedings will help you anemone outgrow your tank!

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Ok, so far it looks happy with the place where I put it now. We'll see how long it stays there. It is all fluffed up like it was before it moved.


just thought I'd show you guys how I set up the rocks

 

[garygb]

It looks good. Do you know if it has attached or dug in? Now I wish I had space for another tank for a sebae;-)

 

[georgie1]

Looking good!

 

[Yinepu]

I just ordered one from LiveAquaria... the tank has been set up for a year now so I figured it was time to bite the bullet...

*crosses fingers and hopes Fedex doesn't get lost this time*

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

I wish you luck Yinepu Please post pictures

 

[Yinepu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12052012#post12052012 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wicked_NaCl_h2o
I wish you luck Yinepu Please post pictures

Thanks... I plan to...

So how is your's doing? Btw.. congrats on a beautiful nem!