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garrettm85
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I have had anemones do this in the past. It is strange and it looks as if they will not make it, but for some reason, 90%ish of them seem to turn around and be healthier than ever after a bit. I have had carpets do this and it take only couple of days for them to return to their original selves and others have taken a week or two.
I would just do what you have been doing and let him heal up. I am sure he was just stressed for some reason unknown to us and is now either getting used to whatever stressed him or there was really nothing wrong in the first place and it was just one of those unexplainables.
Good luck with that little beauty!
Garrett
I would just do what you have been doing and let him heal up. I am sure he was just stressed for some reason unknown to us and is now either getting used to whatever stressed him or there was really nothing wrong in the first place and it was just one of those unexplainables.
Good luck with that little beauty!
Garrett
hobogato
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thanks guys
jonathan - school is going well, the snails you gave us have really begun to reproduce rapidly. may look into becoming a participant in the dibbs breeding program next year.
anemone is still with us and has been following a bit of a daily schedule now -
morning - mouth open and somewhat deflated
late morning to late afternoon (when the sun is shining in nicely) - closed mouuth and inflted
late afternoon to early evening - somewhat deflated, but closed mouth
all night - mouth closed and reinflated.
my actinic lights come on at 6am, so i am wondering if they are triggering the open mouth period in the morning.
the sunlight decreases in the late afternoon, so i think that triggers the deflation period then, as my H. magnifica has a similar slight deflation period at the same time from late afternoon to early evening.
i am getting new actinic bulbs today (old bulbs are nearly 2 years old) and switching to geissman aquablue from uri super actinic. i am going to reset the light timer so the actinic lights dont come on in the morning until 9am. this will allow for a gradual increase in light in the morning with the sunrise. i will keep the 10pm shutoff time for the actinics.
jonathan - school is going well, the snails you gave us have really begun to reproduce rapidly. may look into becoming a participant in the dibbs breeding program next year.
anemone is still with us and has been following a bit of a daily schedule now -
morning - mouth open and somewhat deflated
late morning to late afternoon (when the sun is shining in nicely) - closed mouuth and inflted
late afternoon to early evening - somewhat deflated, but closed mouth
all night - mouth closed and reinflated.
my actinic lights come on at 6am, so i am wondering if they are triggering the open mouth period in the morning.
the sunlight decreases in the late afternoon, so i think that triggers the deflation period then, as my H. magnifica has a similar slight deflation period at the same time from late afternoon to early evening.
i am getting new actinic bulbs today (old bulbs are nearly 2 years old) and switching to geissman aquablue from uri super actinic. i am going to reset the light timer so the actinic lights dont come on in the morning until 9am. this will allow for a gradual increase in light in the morning with the sunrise. i will keep the 10pm shutoff time for the actinics.
hobogato
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tank is still doing well, and i have decided to try breeding marine bettas and pink skunk clowns. already have several pairs of skunks, and will be getting a new friend for my well established betta on sunday. i will introduce it in this isolation chamber to get it used to the tank and its (hopefully) future mate.
i wanted to rearrange the sump to accommodate the fry that i will hopefully be housing and to increase the filtration to accommodate the extra feeding. i decided to add an algae turf scrubber.
here it is yesterday just before i finished building it
here it is today installed
before
installed and running - still havent put the stand brace back in
i wanted to rearrange the sump to accommodate the fry that i will hopefully be housing and to increase the filtration to accommodate the extra feeding. i decided to add an algae turf scrubber.
here it is yesterday just before i finished building it
here it is today installed
before
installed and running - still havent put the stand brace back in
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Very nice tank!! What do you feed the gorgonians and the crinoid/feather starfish?
hobogato
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thanks moses - i dont target feed anything, but i feed the tank four times a day with a mix of thawed food including cyclopeez and food processed (ground to a liquid) mysis, blood worms, and artemia.
here is a fts from this afternoon.
also, got this little beauty today and have introduced it to the tank. upon noticing, our existing betta made a b-line across the tank to investigate. so far, not blatant aggression. ours is just swimming around the acrylic box flaring and relaxing its fins. one peculiar thing they did already - they were side by side facing opposite directions. each had fins flared and extended the pelvic fin closest to the other straight down. the resident betta (i guess i will have to name them to avoid confusion) was noticeably shaking or quivering.
some pics
i plan on leaving the newbie in the box until tomorrow evening when i get home from work. that way, if there is aggression i will be able to separate them if necessary.
here is a fts from this afternoon.
also, got this little beauty today and have introduced it to the tank. upon noticing, our existing betta made a b-line across the tank to investigate. so far, not blatant aggression. ours is just swimming around the acrylic box flaring and relaxing its fins. one peculiar thing they did already - they were side by side facing opposite directions. each had fins flared and extended the pelvic fin closest to the other straight down. the resident betta (i guess i will have to name them to avoid confusion) was noticeably shaking or quivering.
some pics
i plan on leaving the newbie in the box until tomorrow evening when i get home from work. that way, if there is aggression i will be able to separate them if necessary.
hobogato
New member
thanks
no change as of this morning. after doing a little more reading, i am hopeful that the existing betta is a male and the new one is a female. it seems two males will fight - no matter if there is size discrepancy and two females will basically ignore each other. a male will display for a female by flaring all fins including that weird behavior with its pelvic fin.
also, the new fish is eating, some food made its way into the openings of the acrylic box and she snatched it up.
no change as of this morning. after doing a little more reading, i am hopeful that the existing betta is a male and the new one is a female. it seems two males will fight - no matter if there is size discrepancy and two females will basically ignore each other. a male will display for a female by flaring all fins including that weird behavior with its pelvic fin.
also, the new fish is eating, some food made its way into the openings of the acrylic box and she snatched it up.
