sabae anemone
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changed about 20gal and added carbon and some phoso-ban trying to get more out of the water,the anemone not looking good not sure if it's going to make it has not eaten yet will try tomorrow, give it a chance to recover from the water change hope this helps at a loss at what else to do so will haft to wait and see wish the anemone luck it's looks like it needs it thanks
55semireef
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rhdoug, what were the symtoms of your H. Crispa anemones before they died when you used well/city water?
Amphiprion
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I can't speak for rhdoug, but when my DI resin gave out (wasn't testing TDS often enough), the high TDS nearly killed mine. The only way I was able to save her was with large water changes with actually purified water. The high tds of the water being added had effects within a week or so. Mine simply began to bleach and dropped off of the rock it was attached to. She also refused to eat, etc.
hwyman
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we have had our sebae for over 4 years and we have used city water the whole time, also have a thriving gonipora along with 2 huge rbta's and numerous other corals......we also dont run a skimmer or change water but once or twice a year.
I doubt that the water is what is wrong with the sebae, it is probably unheathly from the LFS, leave the thing be and try to feed it silversides, if it starts to eat it should be ok. it needs to get healthy before it will stick itself to something and if you keep wedging it some place you will only stress it out even more. try to feed it some silversides, start with small ones and once it attaches go to bigger ones. Since it has lost its color the only thing keeping it alive will be the food you give it. once it starts to eat it will get its color back over time, this can take a few months to do.
good luck with it.
55semireef
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Amphirprion, you told me that in my thread already but I am beginning to think the reason why mine gave out was because of my source of water.
That doesn't mean all city water is acceptable. I bet there are some cities that filter their water better than others...some being more clean than others. What may work for one hobbyist may not work for another because of location.
That doesn't mean all city water is acceptable. I bet there are some cities that filter their water better than others...some being more clean than others. What may work for one hobbyist may not work for another because of location.
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amphiprion what is tds not sure what that is I 'm running some phoso-ban is says that it takes out all the heavy medals so that and the water change I hope will help .As you said with yours that after a few days mine started to go down hill maybe I do have a lot of heavy medals in my water so when rhdoug suggested to use ro/ water I did and hope it helps and will keep using it not to high 33 a gal
rhdoug
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I did keep an atlantic anemone for several months before switching to RO water, and a few other inverts. But the algae gradually began to increase, eventually to an alarming level, and then all my inverts, including a sebae that I traded the other anemone for, began to die off. The anemone just sort of melted. I lost a huge amount of critters in a few weeks time (not any fish though). I dubbed that time "the great die off" My theory is that all the metals etc in the unfiltered water finally reached a critical level in the rock & sand. My LFS gave me about 50 gallons of RO water, I began to use it faithfully from then on, and a few months later no algae, and no problems with inverts. That was 5 years ago (this Sept), and I still have the same sebae that I got a month or so after switching to RO water.
hwynan, you are one of the lucky ones with good water, good for you, I wish I were so lucky. Also agree that the 'nem very well may be sick or injured from the outset, no matter what the water is like. However I still think it is unlikely that many corals or anemones can thrive in unfiltered water, in most places. Also there are countless other possible husbandry issues that are not being addressed here that could be the culprit.
hwynan, you are one of the lucky ones with good water, good for you, I wish I were so lucky. Also agree that the 'nem very well may be sick or injured from the outset, no matter what the water is like. However I still think it is unlikely that many corals or anemones can thrive in unfiltered water, in most places. Also there are countless other possible husbandry issues that are not being addressed here that could be the culprit.
55semireef
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rhdoug, did you change out your rock?
Amphiprion
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Sorry about that. Sometimes I lose track of what has been said already.
TDS is a broad (somewhat misleading) term known as Total Dissolved Solids. In short, it is a reasonable measure of the purity of a given sample of water. The higher the amount of dissolved solids, the less pure the water source is. When using an RO/DI unit, you preferably want any TDS measurement to be effectively zero or as pure as possible with a given tester. Just try RO water and do a water change--see if it has any effect at all.
55semireef
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I think I have the same problem going on as you did in the past. I get my water from the Glacier publix machine and I think its doing me in.
55semireef
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sorry to say that the anemone didn't make it but will keep using ro/ water from walmart (culligan)and try another anemone in about a month to give me a chance to change out all the water and see what happens but the other anemone seems to be doing fine I had a problem feeding it but is eating small pieces of silverside now but still bleached out moved off of rock will see what happens thanks to all for the infor that they gave me during this time
