bevis28
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i have had nothing but bad experiences with anemones over the years. i have , at one time or another, had almost every type of anemone. i have seen this behaviour before and it has never ended good for me. the only anemone that i have never had to date was a Quadracolor / BTA. i placed the animal in the sand last night. it was a very healthy one too. he moved around and up the rock work and settled in next to some pompom xenia. this morning he was still in the same place. i thought damn, finally got one that looks like its going to be happy. the anemome was under 400w 12k and i put it in a aquapod 24 with 150 HQI MH.
today he was fully inflated and everything fine and happy. this afternoon i noticed him moving back further in the crack that he had wedged his foot in. he has since receded further back into the rockwork and out of site. everytime that i have had an anemone do this, it has spelled the end of the animal. i have read all the faq's listed in the forum and read as much as possible. the only water issue i have is my alk meq/l is lower than i want it and im trying to bring it up slowly with b-ionic's alk additive. maybe i just should never buy another anemone. everytime i loose one, i always say that i wont do it again, but i do anyway. i have a soft spot for them but i cant stand to kill them. i am either getting bad stock over the years or i just flat cant take care of one. i have been told many times " its normal, he's just trying to find a place that he likes" and then i never see him again. provided below is a list of my stock and water parameters for your review. any help with this situation would be appreciated. remember , this animal appeared to be settled , happy and fully inflated and has now dissapeared into the rockwork out of the light.
water parameters
SG - 1.025 tested with calibrated sybon refractometer
using nothing but RO/DI with zero TDS
amonia - 0
nitrate - 0
nitrite - 0
calc - 500
alk - 2.29 meq/l or 6.4 dkh ( working on it )
po4 - 0
stock
several small colonies of zoo's
1- sinularia
1- small colony pompom xenia
1- 5 head candycane
1- 6" orange/purple cap
1- 3" yellow purple cap
1- small scroll
1- merulina amplicata / ruffled coral
1- small pocillipora damicornis
1- 4" maxima clam
1- small yellow polyps
10 - margaritas
10 - blue / red leg hermits
1- BTA - wherabouts unknown
1- perc
1- citron goby
1- yellow headed jawfish
2- dalmation molly's
water movement
1- maxijet 1200 feeding main tank output with double flare head
1- maxijet 900 blowing toward the merulina and the scroll
1- hot mag 250 pulling out of the back sump and discharging
in the main tank with a double flare head
What the heck am i doing wrong ? ? ? ? maybe im just not the person to own an anemone. if there is any info that i can provide other than what is listed above, please let me know. thanks in advance for any help or advice that you can provide .
today he was fully inflated and everything fine and happy. this afternoon i noticed him moving back further in the crack that he had wedged his foot in. he has since receded further back into the rockwork and out of site. everytime that i have had an anemone do this, it has spelled the end of the animal. i have read all the faq's listed in the forum and read as much as possible. the only water issue i have is my alk meq/l is lower than i want it and im trying to bring it up slowly with b-ionic's alk additive. maybe i just should never buy another anemone. everytime i loose one, i always say that i wont do it again, but i do anyway. i have a soft spot for them but i cant stand to kill them. i am either getting bad stock over the years or i just flat cant take care of one. i have been told many times " its normal, he's just trying to find a place that he likes" and then i never see him again. provided below is a list of my stock and water parameters for your review. any help with this situation would be appreciated. remember , this animal appeared to be settled , happy and fully inflated and has now dissapeared into the rockwork out of the light.
water parameters
SG - 1.025 tested with calibrated sybon refractometer
using nothing but RO/DI with zero TDS
amonia - 0
nitrate - 0
nitrite - 0
calc - 500
alk - 2.29 meq/l or 6.4 dkh ( working on it )
po4 - 0
stock
several small colonies of zoo's
1- sinularia
1- small colony pompom xenia
1- 5 head candycane
1- 6" orange/purple cap
1- 3" yellow purple cap
1- small scroll
1- merulina amplicata / ruffled coral
1- small pocillipora damicornis
1- 4" maxima clam
1- small yellow polyps
10 - margaritas
10 - blue / red leg hermits
1- BTA - wherabouts unknown
1- perc
1- citron goby
1- yellow headed jawfish
2- dalmation molly's
water movement
1- maxijet 1200 feeding main tank output with double flare head
1- maxijet 900 blowing toward the merulina and the scroll
1- hot mag 250 pulling out of the back sump and discharging
in the main tank with a double flare head
What the heck am i doing wrong ? ? ? ? maybe im just not the person to own an anemone. if there is any info that i can provide other than what is listed above, please let me know. thanks in advance for any help or advice that you can provide .
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