cpandrewschmidt
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Got an H. Malu off DD two weeks ago this Friday. He's being kept in a mature (5 yrs) 180 gallon with sps, lps and other inverts (no other anemone's for chemical warfare) under CREE leds. I light acclimated him under screens over the course of the two weeks removing a layer every 3-4 days. So, that should all be fine.
I've tried multiple locations in the tank in 3-4 inches of sandbed. Dig a little hole for his foot and then gently burry sand around him. I've tried rock underneath the sand, just the glass, up against a rock, etc. He won't say for more than a day and the works himself out.
It still has decent color but appears to expell some zooxanthae as you can see in this picture. He'll deflate on one side now, a few hrs later it will be inflated again. At night he inflates all the way and works his way out of the sand. So, it still has decent response, but just refuses to foot anywhere in the tank. Flow is pretty low, anything too strong he blows away.
I can't think of anything else to do. Paramters are:
lights on 9am (RB only) 10%
10:30 (RB w/ B) 35%
11:30 (Whites on with blues and RBs) by 3:30 all lights run up to 100% then linearly ramp back down till nothing but moonlights at 10:30pm. So, its a full rise and set cycle.
nitrate, phos, etc all low to untraceable levels. temp 78-79 degrees, calc. 420, sal. 1.026
Any tips/suggestions? Its clearly not happy but hasn't gapped it mouth much and still has decent life. I'll snap another pic at lunch today. I feel it'd be fine if it would just settle but it wont.
Andrew
I've tried multiple locations in the tank in 3-4 inches of sandbed. Dig a little hole for his foot and then gently burry sand around him. I've tried rock underneath the sand, just the glass, up against a rock, etc. He won't say for more than a day and the works himself out.
It still has decent color but appears to expell some zooxanthae as you can see in this picture. He'll deflate on one side now, a few hrs later it will be inflated again. At night he inflates all the way and works his way out of the sand. So, it still has decent response, but just refuses to foot anywhere in the tank. Flow is pretty low, anything too strong he blows away.
I can't think of anything else to do. Paramters are:
lights on 9am (RB only) 10%
10:30 (RB w/ B) 35%
11:30 (Whites on with blues and RBs) by 3:30 all lights run up to 100% then linearly ramp back down till nothing but moonlights at 10:30pm. So, its a full rise and set cycle.
nitrate, phos, etc all low to untraceable levels. temp 78-79 degrees, calc. 420, sal. 1.026
Any tips/suggestions? Its clearly not happy but hasn't gapped it mouth much and still has decent life. I'll snap another pic at lunch today. I feel it'd be fine if it would just settle but it wont.
Andrew
