fishnpups
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Hey ya'll, so, I recently got a bubble tip anemone! (3 days ago)
I have 165 watt LED lights. The blue lights are currently at 80%, white light at 60%.
I came home, the lights are off for the night (10:15 AM-10:15 PM) but is my anemone pooping or expelling zoanthel? (however you spell it)
It's mouth is open as the pictures show and it has a hard brown lump (not string) expelling from the mouth.
The params are currently(API test kit from about 10 minutes ago):
Ph- 8.4
Nitrite- 0
Ammonia- 0
Nitrate- 60 ppm (I know, I did water change today to lower it, they were UNDETECTABLE before anemone was added) can do another water change again tomorrow.
Salinity- 1.0255
tank age- 6 months+ (Since May of 2017)
Since it's arrival the anemone has not fully closed it's mouth, nor is it gaping.
It also has not fully inflated, although half the tentacles will inflate, the bottom half are just hanging, dangling.
Does this anemone look like it will recover with water changes or should I remove it before it spikes organics in the tank?
The anemone has NOT MOVED since it was placed either. It is sticking, just with the discharge I am worried.
If the "Poop" is hard and not slime, should I be worried?
The pictures are from earlier to reference mouth size, which has not changed to gaping(yet). I've been keeping a close eye since I received the anemone, since in acclimation it was nearly folded over onto itself.
I have 165 watt LED lights. The blue lights are currently at 80%, white light at 60%.
I came home, the lights are off for the night (10:15 AM-10:15 PM) but is my anemone pooping or expelling zoanthel? (however you spell it)
It's mouth is open as the pictures show and it has a hard brown lump (not string) expelling from the mouth.
The params are currently(API test kit from about 10 minutes ago):
Ph- 8.4
Nitrite- 0
Ammonia- 0
Nitrate- 60 ppm (I know, I did water change today to lower it, they were UNDETECTABLE before anemone was added) can do another water change again tomorrow.
Salinity- 1.0255
tank age- 6 months+ (Since May of 2017)
Since it's arrival the anemone has not fully closed it's mouth, nor is it gaping.
It also has not fully inflated, although half the tentacles will inflate, the bottom half are just hanging, dangling.
Does this anemone look like it will recover with water changes or should I remove it before it spikes organics in the tank?
The anemone has NOT MOVED since it was placed either. It is sticking, just with the discharge I am worried.
If the "Poop" is hard and not slime, should I be worried?
The pictures are from earlier to reference mouth size, which has not changed to gaping(yet). I've been keeping a close eye since I received the anemone, since in acclimation it was nearly folded over onto itself.