Ok, so I have to admit this is probably not my finest moment as a reef keeper. I gave in to my children and choose to buy a small (roughly 2-3" diameter when opened) green bubble tip with the juvenile black and orange clown pair that we purchased at our LFS. Not really an issue, except for the fact that I was not going to have a whole lot of time to watch them closely to ensure that the anemone was in a happy place.
Well, we left later that day after the anemone looked like it had moved around a bit and then taken residence in a nice slow flow area.
Now where I feel irresponsible as a reef keeper is that we left for a day and a half to go visit family and came back to a completely missing anemone!!!!
I have searched all over the tank and was told that since it was so small it may have found a small hole to hide in.
Now what! If it is closed and hiding in a hole, I assume that it is not eating and will end up dying! The rest of the tank is happy, no ammonia or nitrites. Nitrates are at 3 ppm. Alkalinity is at 1.027 (removed about a half gallon of salt water and replaced with RO/DI but haven't retested). Calcium was at 440. The only parameter that I was told was not great is that the kH was slightly high, but not high enough to be an alarm.
Anyone have any advice. I understand that if it dies, it will be toxic for the tank and likely cause a lot of death and destruction. Not exactly the life I had in mind for my tank inhabitants!!!
Any ideas or help would be really appreciated! Thanks!
Well, we left later that day after the anemone looked like it had moved around a bit and then taken residence in a nice slow flow area.
Now where I feel irresponsible as a reef keeper is that we left for a day and a half to go visit family and came back to a completely missing anemone!!!!
I have searched all over the tank and was told that since it was so small it may have found a small hole to hide in.
Now what! If it is closed and hiding in a hole, I assume that it is not eating and will end up dying! The rest of the tank is happy, no ammonia or nitrites. Nitrates are at 3 ppm. Alkalinity is at 1.027 (removed about a half gallon of salt water and replaced with RO/DI but haven't retested). Calcium was at 440. The only parameter that I was told was not great is that the kH was slightly high, but not high enough to be an alarm.
Anyone have any advice. I understand that if it dies, it will be toxic for the tank and likely cause a lot of death and destruction. Not exactly the life I had in mind for my tank inhabitants!!!
Any ideas or help would be really appreciated! Thanks!
