I tried one before but the crispa I got wasn't in the greatest shape and now I think I am ready. I have my water in pretty good shape my parameters are 1.25, PH 8.3, Alk 10, Ca 460, Nitrite 0, Phosphate 0, and nitrate 10. I started using kalk a week ago and its doing great so far. I think I am ready my lighting is 150wMH with 2 65w antincs and I bumped up my flow from 400GPH to 1260GPH and my tank is a 54 corner. I got the right food ready to feed him selcon with frozen silver side. The only problem is I do not have a ro/di system but I know people have anemones without the system, plus in the next month I should have a ro/di system. I have been keeping my parameters very stable and consistent, I just want to know what else I need to do? This is the only thing in my tank I have had problems with. So what am I missing guys?
I am thinking of getting Heteractis crispa
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"I tried one before but the crispa I got wasn't in the greatest shape and now I think I am ready".
*i don't know how long before however if you've only been in the hobby for 8.5 months your tank may not have been ready for a anemone .
anemones take time to adjust to captive environments and you need to put allot of time in to it to help with that process .
you're probably ready now. try to find one with color, avoid bleached white specimens. i'd ask to see it eat if poss. to make sure it's feeding response is ok .
i feed my h. crispa table shrimp , perch , blue fish , flounder , salmon , pretty much whatever seafood i'm having for dinner . never used silversides but i've read post on r.c. of others losing their anemones to a bad batch of silversides .
*i don't know how long before however if you've only been in the hobby for 8.5 months your tank may not have been ready for a anemone .
anemones take time to adjust to captive environments and you need to put allot of time in to it to help with that process .
you're probably ready now. try to find one with color, avoid bleached white specimens. i'd ask to see it eat if poss. to make sure it's feeding response is ok .
i feed my h. crispa table shrimp , perch , blue fish , flounder , salmon , pretty much whatever seafood i'm having for dinner . never used silversides but i've read post on r.c. of others losing their anemones to a bad batch of silversides .
anemoneguy
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i have a crispa that i when i purchased it i knew it was a little bleached, but i knew i would be able to color it up, but the anemone was also atached, and not gaping . i guess i would say wait to find a healthy one, and your chances will be much better.
anemoneguy
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i would say 3 to 4 weeks. it attached as soon as i put it in my tank. i also believe my pair of true percs helped it settle in and color up so quickly. it is a tanish green color with very pronounced purple tips.i feed it twice a week with fresh shrimp from the supermarket.also flow, lighting, and substrate are important factors for nems.different anemones make their homes in different places. rock, sand, etc.. one more thing about feedings, i tried to feed it a few days after i put it in, and it wouldnt take any, but i tried a few more days later, and wow the response to feeding is great. so remember to let your nem acclimate to its new home, andtry to keep your husbandry skills up.
rbrusletto
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this is the same experience I had w/ mine. and I do the same feeding.
drip acclimation, I did an hour and a half.
anemoneguy
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i would agree an hour or so, although i only did mine for less than half. make sure the lights are not on full. ex. atinics, but not halides. then slowly increase the time over a few days.
55semireef
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It took me a month for my Crispa to come back to full health when I bought it small and bleached.
