Stringy RBT's....

[cateyes]

I want to mention that there are also several flower anemones in the tank the have never blinked....

Along with feather dusters, sexy shrimp and cleaning shrimp...

 

[cateyes]

My salinity is 1.026 I check it with a refractometer.. I do weekly water changes of at least 20%.... carbon has been added and nems are fed once a week with shrimp and no garlic guard....

 

[cateyes]

Blueline 120watt LED's over a 37 gallon tank...
Here are the other water parameters..
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
Phosphate-0.03
Temp-80 degrees

 

[RarefiedAir24]

From when they were fuller to now (looking stringy), did you change/modify their feeding regiment?

When they are searching for food they tend to stretch out, or If they don't have proper lights/aeration.

For instance, with my 2. When they get thinned out that's one of the first signs they show that lets me know it's time to replace my T5 bulbs. Once I do that, within a couple of hours they're plumped back up.

Frank

 

[phender]

I am wondering if maybe there is something wrong with your salt mix. There have been cases where ingredients get messed up and affect some animals, but not others.

 

[cateyes]

From when they were fuller to now (looking stringy), did you change/modify their feeding regiment?

When they are searching for food they tend to stretch out, or If they don't have proper lights/aeration.

For instance, with my 2. When they get thinned out that's one of the first signs they show that lets me know it's time to replace my T5 bulbs. Once I do that, within a couple of hours they're plumped back up.

Frank

hey Frank... their feeding hasnt changed until now... not using garlic at a recommendation here...

these bulbs are less than 6 months old.....

 

[cateyes]

I am wondering if maybe there is something wrong with your salt mix. There have been cases where ingredients get messed up and affect some animals, but not others.

not that i can tell... we use Instant Ocean in all 4 of our tanks... just to readd, flower nems in the same tank are just fine!!!!!

 

[sjwitt]

So, when they were plump, were the flower nems in the tank or were those added later? Some anemones don't "work well" in the same tank. I don't know anything about compatability (maybe someone else does)... could that be a factor?

 

[ssick92]

that's kinda what my thoughts were but i thought a weekly feeding wouldn't hurt... on the other hand it hasn't helped...

i'm thinking they either need more flow or different lighting....

I still think you should target feed more often. I feed mine 3 times a week and they grow like crazy! In the past, when I wouldn't spot feed them, they didn't really grow at all and were pretty skinny and stretched out looking for food (not nearly as drastic as yours but along the same lines). I upped their diet and they sprang to life getting larger and more colorful.

Just my .02.

Also, I think sjwitt could be on to something if you added the other nems later, and then they deflated.

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