S. Haddoni carpet anemone spawning??

[TEDALLEN80]

Ted - have you tried a little less flow? How is your salinity.

there's not that much flow in the tank. Little enough to where some sediment will settle on the disk. I turkey baste it off 3-4 times a day.
salinity is steady 1.026

 

[TEDALLEN80]

If you're looking for ongoing suggestions, so long as the anemone remains firmly attached and is not moving, mine would again be to refrain from making any changes in environmental conditions. Carefully administered addtions and supplementations intended to prevent the environmental conditions from changing (i.e. dripping kalk, normal Ca and Alk additions, etc.) are, of course, fine.

The critical "make it or not" milestone with these anemones seems to be at around 6-8 weeks. So, while things appear to be going well, there's a long road ahead. Resist the urge to rush things... the mouth may very well take two weeks to close up.

Many people, when they reach this stage, start getting antsy about feeding the anemone. IME, during this acclimation period, they often move after being fed. So, personally, I'd hold off... probably for a couple weeks so long as there are no major changes.

Cheers!

Still havent fed it yet, except within the first days which i noted.

Dripping kalk was a plan even before i added the anemone. I just wanted to make sure it wouldnt affect him

Also i;m due to change bulbs, Havent ordered them yet. What would be a recommended plan of attack? Light acclimation?

 

[puter]

Barring a light burning out, I wouldn't change the bulbs until after the eight week period is over. If I HAD to change the bulb, I'd use a PAR meter to ensure the light reaching the anemone didn't change much. Have to change the bulb and no access to a PAR meter? Use several layers of screening and remove one every few days.

 

[TEDALLEN80]

even with a par meter, a 250w radium doesnt produce much par around the 30"+ mark. I'm sure i can take some measurements with my meter and see. I dont see the par being over 100. Its more for my corals. I'm at 12 months and should have changed them 2 months ago but ive been putting it off day by day.

 

[kellon16]

I just got a carpet and it seems to expels his mouth like this when ever he wants but then it goes back in really fast

 

[cidermaster]

update?

 

[puter]

Looks like the original poster "moved on"...

A shame since it'd be nice to know how things turned out.

 

[fishmanstan]

bump?!

 

[125mph]

Looks like the original poster "moved on"...

A shame since it'd be nice to know how things turned out.

That is one dead haddoni...