bubble tip in hiding

twokan09

twokan09

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hi all..... hoping someone can help me out here.... I have a 24g nano with a few corals.... mushrooms, polpys and a couple of frags.... the tank was doing very well up till yesterday when I added a bubble tip anemone..... as soon as I added the anemone it went under a few rocks and has come out since but the strange thing is that all my other corals seem to be in some kind of shock.... they haven't opened up all day and up till yesterday the tank was looking amazing..... does anyone know what the deal is.... I did a water test and everything seems normal
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by Twokan09
http:///forum/post/3089731
hi all..... hoping someone can help me out here.... I have a 24g nano with a few corals.... mushrooms, polpys and a couple of frags.... the tank was doing very well up till yesterday when I added a bubble tip anemone..... as soon as I added the anemone it went under a few rocks and has come out since but the strange thing is that all my other corals seem to be in some kind of shock.... they haven't opened up all day and up till yesterday the tank was looking amazing..... does anyone know what the deal is.... I did a water test and everything seems normal

Sounds like chemical warfare to me....do you have a skimmer? Do you run carbon?
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by Twokan09
http:///forum/post/3089737
no I dont' have a skimmer and I do run carbon

I know the anemone is fine...you said it came out. I assume open and healthy...
Sounds like he corals need the water cleaned up to be happy. A skimmer will pull stuff out of the water that the test kits don't even register. A nano doesn't leave room for error, the anemone made a difference somehow.
Since ALL corals are closed...I think it is the water, do a small water change if you don't have a skimmer.
 
twokan09

twokan09

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no its still alive..... I can see it under the rocks.... it looks fine.... I don't know if this has any barring but I also clipted a seaweed kind of looking plant that was growing pretty big from one of the rocks today.... could that have released something into the tank
 
twokan09

twokan09

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I did do a water change..... as far as the lighting goes I have what ever came with the nano.... two long bulbs.... one white and the other blue and a moonlight bulb..... thanks for the help guys
 
meowzer

meowzer

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So is it pc lighting...the reason I ask is an anemone needs high lighting, and most do not do well with pc's
 
flower

flower

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Seaweed thing is not the cause.
A nano tank has no wiggle room. Problems come on fast. The anemone created a bigger bioload than what the good bacteria can handle...a skimmer will help.
Even if all the water tests say all is well. A skimmer pulls out stuff you can't even test for. Since you don't have a skimmer..a water change is all you can do.
You could replace the ACTIVATED charcoal. Rinse your filter pads in saltwater not fresh so you don't kill off the good bacteria.
I have to go to work...I will check in the morning on your post.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3089773

Seaweed thing is not the cause.
A nano tank has no wiggle room. Problems come on fast. The anemone created a bigger bioload than what the good bacteria can handle...a skimmer will help.
Even if all the water tests say all is well. A skimmer pulls out stuff you can't even test for. Since you don't have a skimmer..a water change is all you can do.
You could replace the ACTIVATED charcoal. Rinse your filter pads in saltwater not fresh so you don't kill off the good bacteria.
I have to go to work...I will check in the morning on your post.
Any news at all?
 
twokan09

twokan09

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the coral is looking better today.... still not back to normal but better..... the mushrooms are still shirveled up..... strange..... the bubble tip is still under the rocks..... it looks well but whats the point of having it if its going to hide.... thanks again for the help
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by Twokan09
http:///forum/post/3090532
the coral is looking better today.... still not back to normal but better..... the mushrooms are still shirveled up..... strange..... the bubble tip is still under the rocks..... it looks well but whats the point of having it if its going to hide.... thanks again for the help

Your back!
Anemones go wih the flow of water current.They have no eyes and no brains. They are a mouth with a butt.
If you arrange your power heads to have the flow move towards the front and settle in the center...I put my power heads on the side of my tank.. 4 ...2 high, 2 low on each side.
My anemones aways settle right in the middle of the tank right in front like I placed them there for show. So maybe if you move your power heads the anemone will settle in front.
 
jemshores

jemshores

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Originally Posted by Twokan09
http:///forum/post/3089737
no I dont' have a skimmer and I do run carbon
Instead of carbon try Chemi-Pure 10oz...or the Elite formula. They are remarkable in a nano. They last about 2-3 months, at least in my tanks!
 
flower

flower

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Purigen takes out phosphates which is great, and activated charcoal removes toxns the coral shoots at each other and polishes the water to crystal clear..the two together is what I use in my canister for media.
 
twokan09

twokan09

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hey flower what do you feed your bta and how....lol right now I'm feeding mine shrimp but not sure if its actually getting any
 
flower

flower

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Over the years I have had a LTA, Rose bubble tip, pink Haitian and 2 rock anemones, not a BTA...they are not so different. Anyway, I fed all of mine a chunk of raw peeled shrimp using a pair tongs, I dropped it right on top and it took it, folded up over it and ate it.
They always grew big, the only ones that didn't eat fish on me were the rock anemones. Anemones are beautiful fish killers. I no longer have one in my tank.
 
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