Need help w\ LTA
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sarahkucera
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I'm just about tapped out of ideas unless it's your flow and he doesn't like any of your flow in the open sand places.
Have you tried blowing your flow into your rock pile and seeing if he will attach when there's no flow out in the open?
Have you tried blowing your flow into your rock pile and seeing if he will attach when there's no flow out in the open?
Clarkii Clowns
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Anemones will take a while to acclimatise to the tank once in it, I would not worry for a week or so as it will move round until it finds a location it likes with the right amount of light, flow and sand bed.
1 and half hours IMO isnt long enough, these are very sensitive creatures and a long acclimatise is needed, several hours.
It looks like an LTA from your discription and from the the little I can see in the pic. I have kept LTa for several years now and found they will move a lot and not look all that great for the first few days to week although I have never suffered an open mouth for long periods, this may be due to it stabilising the water within it to the tank as mentioned above but I am not sure. All you can do is make sure the water quality is pristine, decent amount of light ( I presume you are using MH ?? ) and a DSB even if localise it will need to bury its foot, I believe Ron Shimek suggests around 7" but even this depth my LTA has his foot attached to the bottom of the tank.
I wouldnt worry about direct feeding it for a few days the light and any DOC's will provide enough energy, food for it for the time being.
From experience the LTA's like some flow over them but not to strong, an alternating current is also preferred. Do you have any clown fish in the tank at the moment as you want to try and prevent them from hassling the anemone for a while to let it settle in and find an anchor for its foot.
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1 and half hours IMO isnt long enough, these are very sensitive creatures and a long acclimatise is needed, several hours.
It looks like an LTA from your discription and from the the little I can see in the pic. I have kept LTa for several years now and found they will move a lot and not look all that great for the first few days to week although I have never suffered an open mouth for long periods, this may be due to it stabilising the water within it to the tank as mentioned above but I am not sure. All you can do is make sure the water quality is pristine, decent amount of light ( I presume you are using MH ?? ) and a DSB even if localise it will need to bury its foot, I believe Ron Shimek suggests around 7" but even this depth my LTA has his foot attached to the bottom of the tank.
I wouldnt worry about direct feeding it for a few days the light and any DOC's will provide enough energy, food for it for the time being.
From experience the LTA's like some flow over them but not to strong, an alternating current is also preferred. Do you have any clown fish in the tank at the moment as you want to try and prevent them from hassling the anemone for a while to let it settle in and find an anchor for its foot.
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sarahkucera
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Clarkii, he got the nem on the 15th, so it's already been 6 days. If it's still not attaching, I would worry. Even though an hour and a half is a little short on the acclimating (I did more than two hours with an IV drip for both nem acclimations), I would think that the nem should have shown some signs of attaching at this point.
Although the mouth closing on the third day was a great sign, it's still worrisome that it's not attaching at this point, especially since it was purchased/acquired not attached to anything.
ZC, what are your exact water parameters?
Have you had your water tested at your LFS or are you testing at home? If testing at home, what method of testing are you using?
What kind of water are you using for tank top offs?
What kind of water are you using when you do a water change?
How often do you do water changes, and what percentage of your water do you change when you do them?
You say that you have had numerous BTA's, what happened to them? Were they thriving in your tank, or did they die? If they died, do you know what caused them to die?
Although the mouth closing on the third day was a great sign, it's still worrisome that it's not attaching at this point, especially since it was purchased/acquired not attached to anything.
ZC, what are your exact water parameters?
Have you had your water tested at your LFS or are you testing at home? If testing at home, what method of testing are you using?
What kind of water are you using for tank top offs?
What kind of water are you using when you do a water change?
How often do you do water changes, and what percentage of your water do you change when you do them?
You say that you have had numerous BTA's, what happened to them? Were they thriving in your tank, or did they die? If they died, do you know what caused them to die?
Clarkii Clowns
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Any other inverts in the tank , ever used copper medications?
