Proud to say that my BTA has budded!

[bureau13]

If the anemone is not wandering around all over the place, he's found a spot that he likes. They like to attach on the underside of rocks, or in crevices where their foot is out of the light. Then they stretch their tentacles/body out and up until they're getting the amount of light they want. The last thing you should do is try to position him somewhere, he knows better than any of us where he's getting the lighting and flow he needs.

jds

 

[Doc Hammer]

Thanks guys, I'm not going to take it back after all. I'll just continue feeding him and I'll build him some more shade.

 

[timrandlerv10]

(phender dont hit me)

i dont think you need the shade..70 watts isnt THAT bright even though its a small tank. he's under the rock, so he found his own shade...notice some tents are sticking out a bit--if he wanted to, he could pull those back in.

you could put a few sheets of window screen over the top, and see if that causes him to move to someplace 'better.'

if so, then pull away one sheet every...week.

just because you cant ask him questions doesnt mean he isnt communicating with you...yes, he's bleached (i'm sick). he eats the silversides? (i'm not so sick i can't eat) he's under the rock? (i like it here--toughie, but i think we have consensus on 'its bright out there').

keep in mind, some of these same detractors will use stress to induce a nem to split...so who's the cruel jerk here?

(hey, you can say anything you want as long as you smile after you say it!!!)

see if you can get some non-silverside FRESH or fresh frozen seafood. if you can offer some diversity of diet, that has to help.

(nb: i dont. mine eats silvers. too lazy to make more seafood gumbo for him)

water quality, continuous (or close to it) saline levels, enough light of some kind and time.

PHENDER: small daily feedings?

Doc: do you have a skimmer? or a filter with water changes? If you start feeding more often, your water may get dirty, then you get algae everywhere (guess how i know), so keep up the quality.

have a good weekend,

tim

 

[phender]

Sounds like good advice to me Tim.

I fed my fish everyday alternating with mysis, Formula 1 and Cyclop-eeze. Most of my anemones catch a little food everyday. I normally don't recommend target feeding with chunks (even small chunks) of silverside, shrimp, whatever, everyday just because I don't think anemones are capable of digesting chunks of food very fast. Never seen any studies on it. That is just from seeing anemones spit food out hours later, seeing when they evacuate after eating, etc.

 

[Random Aquarist]

Hey guys....










































STOP ARGUEING AND SHUT THE HECK UP!!!!

I'm gonna go take a nap.