I ordered this from LiveAquaria. It arrived well packed and at 80 degrees.
Just a quick look over the QT.
Right into the QT after a 5 minute float since salinity was a match and the QT was about a degree cooler.
Tight fitting egg crate to isolate the anemone from the heater and airstone. I decided to use the airstone because there is no risk of the 'nem getting chewed up with it, yet it still created a decent current.
After several hours, it took this pose for around an hour..
It then wandered down the mug and stayed like this for about a day.
Then after lights out.
It looked like that before I left for work this morning. When I returned home, it looks like this. Other than the first 3 hours or so, the mouth has been tight.
The tentacles have become a little longer since I got it, and it has spread out a bit. The body appears to be quite strong and doesn't flop about in the light current. The only thing my novice eye notices is that the mouth is gaping with its insides hanging out.
I'm curious how this specimen looks to those with more experience, and whether there is a problem that I'm not seeing.
QT parameters: 78 degrees, 1.026, no ammonia registering on alert badge, 8 hour lighting period with 4x48" T-5 (not HO) bulbs. 20 gallon tall tank with 10 gallons in it. At lights out, I siphon out 5 gallons, making sure to collect any debris in the tank, and replace it with temp and salinity matched water. I am dosing 250 mg of Cipro immediately after lights out, which works out to 25 mg/gallon. Due to my inexperience, I decided to treat immediately so that I wouldn't risk missing "the signs" until it was too late, and I don't have a camera like Worm's to enlist your help on the watch rotation.
Also, this is typical of the debris that has been coming from the 'nem. In the 14 or so hours since last nights water change, I only see 3 in the tank.
Thanks for the help!
FWIW, my wife is puzzled that we have to be home from game night by 9 tomorrow so that I can give an anemone its antibiotics. :spin1:
This is from my 5 year old::hb2:
Just a quick look over the QT.
Right into the QT after a 5 minute float since salinity was a match and the QT was about a degree cooler.
Tight fitting egg crate to isolate the anemone from the heater and airstone. I decided to use the airstone because there is no risk of the 'nem getting chewed up with it, yet it still created a decent current.
After several hours, it took this pose for around an hour..
It then wandered down the mug and stayed like this for about a day.
Then after lights out.
It looked like that before I left for work this morning. When I returned home, it looks like this. Other than the first 3 hours or so, the mouth has been tight.
The tentacles have become a little longer since I got it, and it has spread out a bit. The body appears to be quite strong and doesn't flop about in the light current. The only thing my novice eye notices is that the mouth is gaping with its insides hanging out.
I'm curious how this specimen looks to those with more experience, and whether there is a problem that I'm not seeing.
QT parameters: 78 degrees, 1.026, no ammonia registering on alert badge, 8 hour lighting period with 4x48" T-5 (not HO) bulbs. 20 gallon tall tank with 10 gallons in it. At lights out, I siphon out 5 gallons, making sure to collect any debris in the tank, and replace it with temp and salinity matched water. I am dosing 250 mg of Cipro immediately after lights out, which works out to 25 mg/gallon. Due to my inexperience, I decided to treat immediately so that I wouldn't risk missing "the signs" until it was too late, and I don't have a camera like Worm's to enlist your help on the watch rotation.
Also, this is typical of the debris that has been coming from the 'nem. In the 14 or so hours since last nights water change, I only see 3 in the tank.
Thanks for the help!
FWIW, my wife is puzzled that we have to be home from game night by 9 tomorrow so that I can give an anemone its antibiotics. :spin1:
This is from my 5 year old::hb2:
