Fishfan76
New Member
Hi
I have a 90L Marine setup. I have had an Anemone in this tank for several months. When I bought it I was told it was an Atlantic Anemone and would do fine in my setup. The tank is a Fluval ROMA 90 so only has T8 lighting (Power and Marine glo bulbs). Filtration is a Fluval 205 External. There is one power-head and one nano pump to provide circulation.
All has been well for months but now it seems to be moving around a lot and has shrunk in size. There has been a couple of incidents where the wandering Anemone has got in to trouble, first with the intake tube of the external filter and second most recent the underside of a power-head. Both times it seems to recover after a few days.
It has now gone to a part of the tank its never been before between live rocks and looks a bit small and unhappy. It has a white body and tentacles (sometimes changes to a dull white/cream colour) with blue/purple tips. I have some pictures below:
http/i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b422/Darren7610/Anenome2.jpg
http/i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b422/Darren7610/Anenome1.jpg
My questions are: 1) Is this in fact an Atlantic Anemone? If not which type is it? 2) Does it look OK as I'm worried? 3) Should I be feeding it anything?
Please help. It is a lovely animal in my tank and I would like to keep it healthy. My current water readings are:
Temp 26c
SG 1.025/1.026 (x 2 Hydrometers)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0.1 (I know this is an issue, just done a 10% WC)
Nitrate 10
Phosphate 0
Calcium 480
Copper 0
pH is a little low at around 8.0 (I have issues keeping it at 8.3 for some reason.
Stocking is 2 x Common Clownfish, 1 Firefish, 1 Jade Wrasse, 1 Sunrise Dottyback, 4 hermit crabs, 4 mixed snails, 1 brown knobbled starfish, 1 Peppermint Shrimp. Button polyps and mushrooms. Mushrooms and Polyps both doing well and growing well.
Any help or general suggestions would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Fishfan76
I have a 90L Marine setup. I have had an Anemone in this tank for several months. When I bought it I was told it was an Atlantic Anemone and would do fine in my setup. The tank is a Fluval ROMA 90 so only has T8 lighting (Power and Marine glo bulbs). Filtration is a Fluval 205 External. There is one power-head and one nano pump to provide circulation.
All has been well for months but now it seems to be moving around a lot and has shrunk in size. There has been a couple of incidents where the wandering Anemone has got in to trouble, first with the intake tube of the external filter and second most recent the underside of a power-head. Both times it seems to recover after a few days.
It has now gone to a part of the tank its never been before between live rocks and looks a bit small and unhappy. It has a white body and tentacles (sometimes changes to a dull white/cream colour) with blue/purple tips. I have some pictures below:
http/i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b422/Darren7610/Anenome2.jpg
http/i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b422/Darren7610/Anenome1.jpg
My questions are: 1) Is this in fact an Atlantic Anemone? If not which type is it? 2) Does it look OK as I'm worried? 3) Should I be feeding it anything?
Please help. It is a lovely animal in my tank and I would like to keep it healthy. My current water readings are:
Temp 26c
SG 1.025/1.026 (x 2 Hydrometers)
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0.1 (I know this is an issue, just done a 10% WC)
Nitrate 10
Phosphate 0
Calcium 480
Copper 0
pH is a little low at around 8.0 (I have issues keeping it at 8.3 for some reason.
Stocking is 2 x Common Clownfish, 1 Firefish, 1 Jade Wrasse, 1 Sunrise Dottyback, 4 hermit crabs, 4 mixed snails, 1 brown knobbled starfish, 1 Peppermint Shrimp. Button polyps and mushrooms. Mushrooms and Polyps both doing well and growing well.
Any help or general suggestions would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Fishfan76