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09-16-2005, 10:22 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Denver, CO,Colorado
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 |  Is my anemone a killer?
Hey, I have a green bubble tip anemone - have had it for a couple months now. Well, like probably a month after I had it, my skunk cleaner shrimp just disappears (like one night he's there, the next morning, gone - no remains, no nothing). Then last week, one of my fire fish just disappeared (again, there that night, gone the next morning, no remains, no nothing). Obviously, I thought at first that they might just be hiding, but the shrimp I'm sure is gone (after about a month of not seeing him) and the fish, well, he'd be getting awefully hungy by now... Anyway, I'm wondering - you guys think these disappearances could be a product of the anemone getting them? I just found it odd that there was no remains at all from either of them, if they just died and the crabs etc got to them... Also seems like a coincidence that they would happen relatively around the same time. I've checked my water to make sure it's OK (no amonia or nitrites or anything out of the ordinary) and it seems fine... Any thoughts?
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55 gal glass tank, 2 power heads, wet/dry filter, protein skimmer, 50 lbs live rock, pair of tomato clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 coral beauty angel, 1 six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 12 assorted snails (astrea/turbo), 15 assorted hermit crabs, green bubble tip anemone, red mushrooms, yellow polyps, 1 green leather, green star polyps, yellow toadstool | 
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09-16-2005, 10:32 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Age: 36
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|  Re: Is my anemone a killer?
Perhaps they were sucked into a powerhead or into the filter system? Personally, I think they eloped together and found a nice cave in your neighbor's tank to raise tiny shrimp-fish mutant babies! 
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90 gallon tank - Outer Orbit 48" 2x 150 MH 2x 130 PC Actinic 6x Moon White lunar lights, Cap 2200 pump, ProClear Aquatics skimmer, 75 gallon refugium/sump. | |
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09-16-2005, 11:48 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: Is my anemone a killer?
i know by expirence that fire fish r jumpers, check around the tank  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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09-16-2005, 12:00 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Noblesville, IN,Indiana Age: 56
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| Re: Is my anemone a killer?
I've had two lost by suicide jumps
Mike
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55 gal FOWLR, SeaClone 150 skimmer. 2" LS, 50# LR. 29Gal sump/fuge ViaAqua 2600 pump, chaeto, 1" sand, LR
2 Percula Clowns, Scissortail Goby, Black Birdwrasse, Keyhole angel, Lawnmower Blenny, | |
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09-16-2005, 05:02 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Is my anemone a killer?
Well, I guess I am not the only one who has shrimp go completely missing...  :mad: _________ http://www.3reef.com/uploads/BirdSig3.jpgI 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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09-16-2005, 05:35 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: Is my anemone a killer?
ya...actually now that u mention it...i havent seem my peppermint shrimp in a while...i got a lotta rock...so he might be hiding...he usually comes out at night...but i havent seen him latley i have a rbta 2! eep | |
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09-16-2005, 06:30 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Re: Is my anemone a killer?
I have a bubble tip anemone that I was told was a rose bubble, but it looks like a green bubble tip and I have 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 blood red fire shrimp, and one cleaner shrimp...the peppermint shrimp used to hang out around the anemone, but the peppermint shrimp have decided that they love my purple condy and hang out by that MOST of the time. Also, needless to say...neither anemone has consumed any of my shrimp, nor anything else in the tank that I didn't feed it.
This doesn't necessarily help you, but the more info provided, hopefully will help you figure out whats going on.
Mike
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46gal Oceanic BF, 80lbs LR 2Lbs LS, 2 true percula, 1 six lined wrasse, 1 powder blue tang, crocea clam, green star polyps, torch coral, purple mushrooms, RBTA, Purple Condy, Nudibranch (Chromodoris lochi), Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, blood red fire shrimp, 10 nassarius snails, 8 margarita snails, 5 crown top snails, 12 burgundy, scarlet and blue legged hermits. 15H sump/refugium 2lb LR and ball-o-cheatomorpha. | |
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