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08-15-2005, 02:57 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Texas, TX,Texas
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 |  Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
I've had this anenome for about 6 months. It was beautiful when I got it. I can't remember the species but it was about 6-7" in diameter it is a short tenticle plate type. It moved around a couple times and settled into a pretty deep hole in a piece of live rock. My water quality is good. My mushrooms are growing and my polyp frags are reproducing( see pics). Anyone have any ideas? Its staying about 2" in diameter now. My curlyQ anenome seems to be doing just fine. I've tried not feeding him , feeding him, moving him. My clowns love him. It was butiful when I got it I hope it will come back. I'm welcome to any suggestions.
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30 GAL 25lbs LR, 12lbs BR 10 lbs live sand, 25 lbs figi pink sand. 2 False Percula clown, 1 3 striped Damsel, 1 Scarlet hermit, 1 Emerald crab, 12 small to large blue hermits, 1 Sally Lightfoot, 2 Green Chromis, 1 clown Goby, 1 Scooter Blenny, assorted LPS Mushroom frags, Assorted LPS Polyp Frags, 3 Hawian feather Dusters. 1 Curley Q Anenome, 1 Short tenticle Anenome.
Last edited by nanotrey; 08-15-2005 at 03:06 PM.
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08-15-2005, 06:45 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: jonesboro, arkansas Age: 29
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
what lighting do u have. if the anemone doesn't have adequate light it will shrink until there is nothing left.
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125 gallon glass. 3 10k 250w metal halides, 1 4ft 110w vho actinic. who knows how much live rock. yellow tang, domino, cinnamon clown, percula clown, flame angel,peppermint shrimp, camel shrimp, skunk shrimp, a few turbo snails, lots of hermit crabs, leather coral, branching frogspawn, mushrooms, too much xenia, and several different zoo's and button polyps | |
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08-16-2005, 06:16 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Texas, TX,Texas
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
I've got a 65W 50/50 pc. | |
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08-16-2005, 06:21 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Texas, TX,Texas
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
I've also moved the rock it is on out of the light to see if it will move out of that hole. It's probably in that hole about 3". | |
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08-16-2005, 06:38 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
65 watts of PC over a 30 gallon=2.16 watts per gallon. Not enough light for an anemone IMO. | |
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08-16-2005, 06:42 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
I agree.  That coupled with the clowns "loving" it, (irritating it as it is not happy already) is not good.... _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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08-16-2005, 06:03 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: jonesboro, arkansas Age: 29
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
doubling the light would probably work but i agree with the 150 halide. | |
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08-16-2005, 07:12 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ,New_Jersey
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
Hello there 3reef . I am curently having the same problem with my Bubble tip anemone. She was about 6" diameter when i got it. Now its about 3" diameter.I have 4-65w pc's . Like nanotrey mentioned , she also has been moving around. And now has settled at the bottom of the tank. If its to low, she should move up. I dont know what else it could be?
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10/26/04:72 bow w/160lbs Fiji Rock, 2-250w MH, 2 96w 03 PC, 4 lunar lights,150 gal. wet/dry filter with built in protein skimmer,4-620 seio,1 Aquaclear 201 power head.100lbs of live sand,9w Turbo Twist. | |
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08-16-2005, 07:19 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: jonesboro, arkansas Age: 29
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| Re: Incredible Shrinking Anenome?
you probably dont have enough light either. you might try switching your dual actinics to 50/50. but you probably need even more than that. if i remember correctly that tank is very deep. how close to the lights was the anemone. i have never seen an anemone do well under pc lighting but i am sure somebody will have a fit about me saying that. | |
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