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06-10-2006, 06:09 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CENTRAL NC Age: 46
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 |  Anenome?
My anenome, which when it's fully spread out is about 10" has drawn up tigh and wont let the clown in or try and eat or anything???? | 
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06-10-2006, 06:33 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
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What kind of anemone and do you have a picture?
Anemones expell waste once in a while depending on how much they have been fed...
Jim
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06-10-2006, 09:12 AM
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| | Plankton
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seabae anenome, water levels ok tace of amonia ph at 7.9 just got done with water change and added ph buffer. wqatching him closeclown is trying to choach him open | |
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06-10-2006, 09:35 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Give it a chance to open up again... It is probably, as Jim stated, getting ready to regurgitate to rid itself of waste. After that it will open up again.
What kind of lighting do you have? When was the last time you changed the bulbs? Just curious as anemone's require moderate to intense lighting.
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06-10-2006, 11:38 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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Originally Posted by lizard fish My anenome, which when it's fully spread out is about 10" has drawn up tigh and wont let the clown in or try and eat or anything???? | Anemones will retract to rid of wastes like mentioned. Mine does it all the time, he will spend a couple of hours retracted, they will open up slowly. Does it atleast once a day.
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06-10-2006, 09:43 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
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They'll also retract when startled. My previous anemone would shrink to an unbelievably small size when a shrimp, crab or something else would poke at it.
Here it is, normally: 
And here it is when startled:  _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Green Chromis damsel, Condalactis & Macrodactyla dorensis anemones, 1 big bristleworm, 1 small Banded Coral shrimp.
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06-11-2006, 08:20 AM
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#7 (permalink)
| | Plankton
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no pitures yet- today he is looking a little better, after water change yesterday I relocated him in a crevase, out of all current,clown still can't get in, all water looked good after water change I added a ph booster, test had show just small trace of ammonia and ph was 7.9, Today I noticed my toad stool has started to shed a little, calcium looks good, is there something else I should look for???
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Inhabinats Cardinal Banggai,PJ-Clownfish marron- Red flame scalloup-yellow damsel-Anemone sebae- snowflake ell-clam-and an assortment of corals | |
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06-11-2006, 11:02 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
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Most invertebrates cannot tolerate high nitrates. Look into that. | |
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06-11-2006, 11:36 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Nitrates <10ppm are ideal for anemone's as well as most inverts! | |
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06-12-2006, 04:45 PM
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| | Plankton
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i've got that green vegitation stuff for that ,What do you call that? | |
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