New LTA!

[Quickcord]

I finally took the plunge and purchased an LTA this morning. I had been looking at this one all last week and watched it feed so I decided to grab it. Acclimation went well this morning and by 12:30 she was placed it the spot I had made in the tank.

Then the hard part..I had to go to work without the base being attached. I adjusted to flow in the tank to keep her in the hole on the sandbed. It was hard going through the day wondering what I would come home to, but she dug in and looks good.

Pic is in my gallery and I will post one here when the site speeds up again.


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[Quickcord]

PIC

PIC

I will post a better one soon.


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[davocean]

Dude, 16 days is nowhere near enough time to add a nem to your tank.
Your tank most likely hasn't even cycled.
Min rec is 6 months running b4 adding a nem.

 

[Amphiprion]

That is quite soon. The pic is tiny, but it seems to be doing ok by the looks of it.

 

[Quickcord]

16 days? Where did that come from? The tank has been set up and running since the last week of August 2006. I just recently got the lights I needed before adding anything other than the cleanup crew.

I am not good at resizing pics so I apologize for the small pic. I tried to delete it but RC would not let me.

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[Amphiprion]

Ah. Sorry about that. Looks like it has completely buried its foot from the pic, which is usually a good sign.

 

[davocean]

I was going off your gallery statement just getting started on 2-6-07
Not trying to be mean, I was just taken back a bit.
Alot of people try to rush stuff way too much.

 

[Quickcord]

No worries at all. I just made the connection myself.
I have spent the last year reading, researching and asking a few questions here. I knew my tank was ready when I got my lights but it took me a few days to actually get up the nerve to purchase it.

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[davocean]

Very cool.
Just checked your gallery again, that nem does look really nice and healthy.
Looks like it's starting to settle in pretty well.

 

[Quickcord]

Hopefully this one is better!


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[Quickcord]

Well its been three days and she is still in the same spot. (I know I just jinxed myself) I gave her a small piece of silverside last night and it ate fine.
Its hard to tell in the pics but should I remove some of the sand around it so it lays flat? Its kinda positioned like a funnel.(mouth is lower in the sand than the rest of it)

New pic!

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[GSMguy]

looks good
no need to mess with it

 

[Quickcord]

Well she had not moved until sometime today. I got home from work and ate dinner then went to check on the tank. I look at the sandbed and no LTA. I look up and see it stuck to my m620.(yes the intakes are covered but not good enough I guess)

I have turned off the 620 and have it dangling hoping the LTA will dislodge itself(which it appears to be doing) Most of the tenticles are gone, I can't see to much because it is mouth first into the seio. How long should I wait befor it starts to melt if it will? It still has its color but I just can't see it that well.

My ammo, trate, trite are zero, SG-1.025, temp is 80 and it has been eating every other day since I brought it home.

Really Bummed..

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[chineseknife]

Yikes!!! Sorry to hear that.
Best thing to do is let it dislodge itsele. If it's a healthy specimen, then recovery might be possible, albeit slow.
Keep an eye on it and keep us posted.

 

[redvipe2010]

Sorry to hear that. Not sure how long with the "melting" time frame, and I'm sure every case is different. Hopefully it recovers. I would have lots of water on hand for a water change.

 

[Quickcord]

Well the only thing holding it to the PH now is the foot. Everything else is is free but it is still holding on. I just moved it closer to the sand to see if it will reattach. Should I turn the lights back on or leave them off for the time being?

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[Quickcord]

Here is a pic when I brought the lights back up. It also started to reinflate almost immediatly.

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[redvipe2010]

Looks/sounds promising. Keep an eye on it.

 

[chineseknife]

Is any part of the mouth torn, or the foot? Ususally these are the most deadly types of injuries, if it can't grab hold of substrate or open/close it's mouth to eat, then there's a problem.

 

[Quickcord]

No damage at all to the foot. It had reattached to some rocks/sand. The mouth looks ok as well. It looks like the tenticles were hurt the worst, that is the only place that has been ripped or torn that I can see.

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