Hello Guys, I'm new to R2R, but have been in the hobby for a good amount of time. I have been getting into "high-end" bubble tip nems just this year. I just purchased a colorado sunburst anemone 4 days ago, and I was wondering if anyone with bubble tip nem experience can chime in and help a fellow reefer out. thank you.
They are under a
ATI Dimmable 8 Bulb T5 setup
Here's the problem I'm dealing with currently:
Mind you, I have about 9 other healthy nems in the same tank.
During the night light period, when the anemone begun to shrink. One of the nems tentacles got stuck on a barnacle and got cut off. After this happened, the nem started to retreat deeper into the cave and it's mouth was gaping open. When the mouth was gaping open, I noticed these things: The anemone shrunk and the tentacles shriveled up, a bit of the insides seemed to be spewing out, with some really fuzzy looking white stuff and some brown stringy/hairy brown stuff. After about 15-20 minutes of that happening, the Mouth (lips) puckered up huge and and closed a bit while the insides retracted. Currently, the "night lighting" is still on and the nem is still in the shape as pictured. Is this something normal, or does this indicate the nem not liking my tank parameters. I was planning on moving it to my buddy's fully established tank tomorrow. Any help and info would be appreciated.
What it normally looked like, during the day time:
What it currently looks like right now: "night lighting"
Pic of when it got caught on the barnacle:
They are under a
ATI Dimmable 8 Bulb T5 setup
Here's the problem I'm dealing with currently:
Mind you, I have about 9 other healthy nems in the same tank.
During the night light period, when the anemone begun to shrink. One of the nems tentacles got stuck on a barnacle and got cut off. After this happened, the nem started to retreat deeper into the cave and it's mouth was gaping open. When the mouth was gaping open, I noticed these things: The anemone shrunk and the tentacles shriveled up, a bit of the insides seemed to be spewing out, with some really fuzzy looking white stuff and some brown stringy/hairy brown stuff. After about 15-20 minutes of that happening, the Mouth (lips) puckered up huge and and closed a bit while the insides retracted. Currently, the "night lighting" is still on and the nem is still in the shape as pictured. Is this something normal, or does this indicate the nem not liking my tank parameters. I was planning on moving it to my buddy's fully established tank tomorrow. Any help and info would be appreciated.
What it normally looked like, during the day time:
What it currently looks like right now: "night lighting"
Pic of when it got caught on the barnacle:
