Red Rose Bubble Tip Anemone missing?

[Finsky]

I have a five foot 120 gallon tank with two green and one red rose in the left half of the tank and one red rose(2 years in tank) and one green in the right half of the tank. I feed my anemones razor clam once per week and liquid coral/invertabrae food three times a week.

I had just put a new six inch red rose I got from the LFS into the rocks in the right end Friday evening with the LED nightlights. It attached well and the next day it was opening up well with nice full tentacles.

Around 5:00 I fed the anemones their razor clam and they all closed around their portions including the new red rose to my joy.

It looked well last evening around 10:00 in the dark.

When I woke up this morning I found two jelly like clear blobs about the size of golf balls, one in the right end just below where the new red rose was attached and on the rocks in the right end.

The lights are on a timer and are not on yet although I looked for the anemone with a flashlight.

An online retailer told me it had probably moved and they did not know what the clear jelly masses were.

They also told me five bubble tips was too many for my five foot 120 reef tank although I have had five getting along fine. They had previously told me it would be fine to add a Ritteri in the right end to go with the five bubble tips.

There was no bad odor from the tank in the morning although the protein collection cup was 3/4 full with rather clear liquid with only the bottom inch a slight green. Usually the cup has a 1/2" to 1" of dark liquid.

I am wondering whether the bubble tip moved and "threw up" its meal and that is the clear jelly mass.

 

[Finsky]

Light clear slime ball

Light clear slime ball

I talked with the LFS where I purhased the red rose and he said the anemone may have regurgitated the razor clam and then moved from its location from the right end of the tank.

As of now I have not see it and the lights have been on for five hours since 11:00 am.

I have two photos which are not very clear although the clear mucous looking blobs are in the center of the photos. The one has the blob just to the right and down of the blue head of a Yellow Tailed Blue damsel.

I have a Red Rose 12" in from the right end of the tank up at the top of the live rock. It has been doing well for two years.

 

[sardonicscorpio]

bizarre - hope its ok!

 

[Finsky]

Thank you

Thank you

bizarre - hope its ok!

Dr. F & S said to keep an eye out for it as it may have gone into the rocks.

I was really bummed today thinking about how nice it looked the first day before I fed it. Dr. F & S told me feeding it would not have made it move although I am thinking I should have let it sit where it had made a good start of acclimating with its foot moving deeper into the live rock and both the male and female Cinnamon clowns hosting in it. It was a deep maroon color and the tentacles were opened really nice on Saturday.

If it does not make it or moves to another location, I may put a large rock in the right end sticking up with nothing around it. I would then try to get a Ritteri to attach to the top of it. I am not sure about the Ritteri although I think I am done adding bubble tips.

I did have a nice Ritteri about three years ago high on top of the rocks in a medium to strong current and then a massive heat wave struck and it melted. I now have air conditioning.

 

[ocellaris123]

Five bubble anemones in a 120 sounds reasonable to me and not at all one too many. I would think you would have more problems adding a ritteri to the mix due to allepothy and the fact that ritteris are very difficult too keep long term.

Not sure where your anemone went, but keep looking in the rock work.

 

[Finsky]

Thank you for the word of experience

Thank you for the word of experience

Five bubble anemones in a 120 sounds reasonable to me and not at all one too many. I would think you would have more problems adding a ritteri to the mix due to allepothy and the fact that ritteris are very difficult too keep long term.

Not sure where your anemone went, but keep looking in the rock work.

I was at working looking at these tiny little numbers all day long and a thought of a ritteri came into my head and then I felt a mysterious dread.

I think it was probably my gut telling me to stick with bubble tips, stick with bubble tips, stick with bubble tips........................

I will keep looking as I do have a flashlight I cover the front partially with my hand to shed a narrow beam of light into different crevices in the rocks.

I was asked by a fellow at Dr. F & S whether I test for amonia or nitrite. I had to tell him I have not tested my 120 reef with fish for amonia or nitrite for a couple of years!!! I do double filtrate with two Rena XP4 canisters each rated for up to a 265 gallon tank, 150 lbs of live rock with one 3,250 gph Hydor 8 propeller pump in each end, and an Aqua-Medic Turboflotor Multi 1000protein skimmer rated for a 250 gallon tank. I tend to be more concerned with nitrates and phosphates.

Since I have the five foot 120 in the living room, I recently started a 10 gallon fresh water in the loft/bedroom with two Hagen Aquaclear 20 powerfilters with Chemi-Pure and I was testing nitrites and ammonia until I got it cycled. I have six Tiger Barbs and a Red Tailed Shark and I use the Seachem 7.0 pH regulator which seems to be working.

Maybe I should get my test kits out and test the reef tank for ammonia and nitrites? I would hope for zero for each.

None of my corals, invertebraes, or fish seem to look or act anything but healthy accept for the new comer and the water is always crystal clear.

 

[Finsky]

Ammonia: zero
Nitrite: zero
Nitrate: 5-10 ppm
Phosphate: .2 ppm

I am wondering why my nitrates seem a bit higher relative to my Phosphates?

I started using Dr. F & S PhosPure and Pura PhosLock over the last six months.

 

[elaflam]

Ammonia: zero
Nitrite: zero
Nitrate: 5-10 ppm
Phosphate: .2 ppm

I am wondering why my nitrates seem a bit higher relative to my Phosphates?

I started using Dr. F & S PhosPure and Pura PhosLock over the last six months.

IMHO your numbers seem fine. RBTA's can be finnicky when added to a new tank. Also, new additions can split because of the the stress of their new home. When they split they like to hide.
I have a really nice RBTA that I feed shrimp chunks to weekly and it splits every two months. As soon as it's about to split it deflates alot, moves under the rock, then divides. I usually don't see the new anemones for two weeks or so.
My last split I sold one to my LFS and didn't see the other for at least a month. I thought I had lost it. A week ago it popped it's pretty little tentacles out and has been gaining mass fast.