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jupoc911
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What would cause there mouth to be slightly gapped open? Color is good and he is feeding.
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jupoc911
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here is a pic
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jupoc911
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Lighting- 265 watts PC
Tank has been set up for over 2 years
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate- 2
DKH- 9.3
Calcium -430
SG- 35-36 ppt
Anemone has been in the tank for 3 weeks. He has just moved so I wonder if the move stressed him out a little bit.
Tank has been set up for over 2 years
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate- 2
DKH- 9.3
Calcium -430
SG- 35-36 ppt
Anemone has been in the tank for 3 weeks. He has just moved so I wonder if the move stressed him out a little bit.
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jupoc911
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well he is moving around today. I adjusted some of the powerheads so I guess he got a little pissy. I will post a new pic once he settles down.
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jupoc911
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can an anemone really bleach its disc with out its tentacles? has this ever happened to anyone?
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jupoc911
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yea. the above post said that the disc is a little bleached. I know its tenticles has good color. Even darker than the picture.
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thomas712
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Mouth gaping on an anmeone can be the cause of so many things I can't list them all, some good, some bad. What you can do is simply examine your water chemistry right down the the last test kit on the market to make sure you are providing the best enviorment for it.
Now this is a 55 gallon with 265 watts of PC lighting on it right? In my opinion this is fairly week lighting for a LTA who's nature it is to be at the bottom of the tank. You are losing PAR the farther you go down into the water column. I'd rather see stronger lighting, at least double of what you have now. Also as your current lighting ages, that PAR gets weeker and weeker. Consider upgrading your lighting.
I know some keep LTA's with less lighting, and some of them seem to do ok, but more lighting is better IMO.
As to the color of the anemone. It does appear pale, as though the zooxanthellae is week within it. This might also sugest that the lighting is week as well, but then maybe you have not had it very long, least maybe not enough to tell.
So some questions from me.
1. Do you know the lighting that this anemone was kept under before you purchased it?
2. How long are you leaving your lights on now?
3. What are you feeding it.
4. Is the pedal disc in the sandbed right now?
5. Is the anemone lighter, darker, or the same since its been in your tank?
Thomas
Now this is a 55 gallon with 265 watts of PC lighting on it right? In my opinion this is fairly week lighting for a LTA who's nature it is to be at the bottom of the tank. You are losing PAR the farther you go down into the water column. I'd rather see stronger lighting, at least double of what you have now. Also as your current lighting ages, that PAR gets weeker and weeker. Consider upgrading your lighting.
I know some keep LTA's with less lighting, and some of them seem to do ok, but more lighting is better IMO.
As to the color of the anemone. It does appear pale, as though the zooxanthellae is week within it. This might also sugest that the lighting is week as well, but then maybe you have not had it very long, least maybe not enough to tell.
So some questions from me.
1. Do you know the lighting that this anemone was kept under before you purchased it?
2. How long are you leaving your lights on now?
3. What are you feeding it.
4. Is the pedal disc in the sandbed right now?
5. Is the anemone lighter, darker, or the same since its been in your tank?
Thomas
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jupoc911
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1. Do you know the lighting that this anemone was kept under before you purchased it?
It was under regular lighting. I am not sure but I would have to say it NO, possibly a PC bulb.
2. How long are you leaving your lights on now?
Acitnics are on for 10 hours and the daylight bulbs for 8 hours.
3. What are you feeding it.
Silversides every 3 or 4 days or so. It eats on command.
4. Is the pedal disc in the sandbed right now?
The anemone has moved to the top corner of the tank.
5. Is the anemone lighter, darker, or the same since its been in your tank?
The anemone appears to be darker in his tenticles but the same color on the pedal.
I am upgrading to 2 150 watt hqi bulbs with 180 acitnics over my 55 in 2 weeks. Will this be sufficient light?
It was under regular lighting. I am not sure but I would have to say it NO, possibly a PC bulb.
2. How long are you leaving your lights on now?
Acitnics are on for 10 hours and the daylight bulbs for 8 hours.
3. What are you feeding it.
Silversides every 3 or 4 days or so. It eats on command.
4. Is the pedal disc in the sandbed right now?
The anemone has moved to the top corner of the tank.
5. Is the anemone lighter, darker, or the same since its been in your tank?
The anemone appears to be darker in his tenticles but the same color on the pedal.
I am upgrading to 2 150 watt hqi bulbs with 180 acitnics over my 55 in 2 weeks. Will this be sufficient light?
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thomas712
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Originally Posted by Jupoc911
I am upgrading to 2 150 watt hqi bulbs with 180 acitnics over my 55 in 2 weeks. Will this be sufficient light?
That lighting will be much better. For an LTA to climb its way up the rocks clearly says to me that it is looking for more lighting.
I am upgrading to 2 150 watt hqi bulbs with 180 acitnics over my 55 in 2 weeks. Will this be sufficient light?
That lighting will be much better. For an LTA to climb its way up the rocks clearly says to me that it is looking for more lighting.
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thomas712
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Well dang my rotten fingers.
