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01-18-2008, 10:39 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: uk ,london
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hello i just stoped by to say hi and tell every one that this is the first time that i have had a reef tank and so far so good it has been up for about 4 months and all is going good. The thing is i have just added an bt anemone 2 days ago and on the 1st day he was hiding under a rock so i turned the rock back over and put it on the bed the 2nd day he went in to hiding and today he has gone all shriveled and iam worried  can any 1 help please  tony | 
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01-18-2008, 10:47 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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To 3Reef!!! Salutations! Glad to see you found way here!
Sorry about anem. Sounds like he may be on way out.
They really do not do well in newer tanks.
Just leave be. Make sure water params are as good as you can make them. And hope for best. 
Good Luck! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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01-18-2008, 10:52 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Aug 2006
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New person mistake in my book. This is just my opinion but I don't think newbies should ever put an anemone in their tank. Most anemones are difficult to take care of and have requirments (high lighting, flow, etc) that not all people have. They are also hard select a anemone that is healthy. Many are not healthy to begin with and will eventually die in a few months time. Until you are experienced and knwo what to look for you should probably avoid purchasing an anemone.
First off how big is your tank? How much lighting do you have on it (type, power, size)? Give us all the detail...
Also pictures are woth a 1000 words so post some if you can. | |
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01-18-2008, 03:21 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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Well, usually if an animal goes into hiding i would leave it there. They know what's for the better >< Also, my anemone curled up alot before i upgraded my lighting. I read too that they curl themselves up when goin #2.
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40g with 10g sump with ~85 lbs liverock, 1.5" deep livesand bed.
Fish - halloween hermits, blue leg hermits, left-handed hermits, emerald crabs, assorted snails, chocolate chip star, 4x strawberry conches, tuxedo urchin x2, electric flame scallop, gold stripe maroon clown, blue-side wrasse, yellow tang, yellow watchman goby, white seabae anemone.
Coral - One lonely Kenya Tree. | |
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01-18-2008, 03:24 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
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Welcome! As stated above, give us more details about your setup! | |
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01-18-2008, 04:15 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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welcome to the 3reef. Im sorry to here that youve got some trouble with your bt anemone however it is very early at this stage to realy say what is wrong it needs time to acclimitise to your tank, some wont do well in new tanks and slowly die off however this does not mean that this will be the case with yours.
Ensure your water paramiters are correct and that you also have good lighting and flow.
Try and post a pic and some details of your set up _________ http://www.3reef.com/forums/image.ph...ine=1200113573
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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01-18-2008, 05:55 PM
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| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Welcome to 3reef! You need to let the tank run a little longer before you go putting difficult livestock in there. Just remember that most of your LFS will sell you anything to make a sale, and most of them know that your tank will is not ready for it. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | 
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01-18-2008, 09:24 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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My tank was running a good year or so before I could keep a bta. I lost a rose tipped and learned quick... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, green birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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01-18-2008, 09:57 PM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Welcome aboard mate. Go slow, dont be in a rush. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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01-18-2008, 10:31 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Sorry to hear about your anemone...You might be lucky and have it come around. It is my feeling that anemones really shouldnt be kept in tanks at all...Just my 2 cents....  _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html
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