New anemone problem

[dbl]

I would agree with others to leave it alone and it will settle where it's comfortable. One thing I would suggest is to cover your power heads (if you have them) until it does settle. If it goes on a walk/swim about and tangles with your power head, it will likely loose, and so might your other inhabitants!!!

 

[Frosty Latte]

If you have a biocube, and ammonia, nitrite, andddd nitrate all read 0, I would make sure your test kits are not outdated/expired.

Also, the reason the nem did that is to expel toxin inside of it. The nem would not have an open mouth if light was the problem.

Drop acclimation does nothing except for temperature. Not really sure who suggested that but that gets spread a lot throughout the forums. Takes much longer than a day. Somewhere once I saw the rate of change that saltwater creatures can handle out there on the forums.

Ideal condition is to change your display tank to match the water parameters that the nem was used to.

Good luck! I'm sure the little guy will be fine. Biggest thing is just leave it alone and observe.

 

[inkedtx]

If you have a biocube, and ammonia, nitrite, andddd nitrate all read 0, I would make sure your test kits are not outdated/expired.

Also, the reason the nem did that is to expel toxin inside of it. The nem would not have an open mouth if light was the problem.

Drop acclimation does nothing except for temperature. Not really sure who suggested that but that gets spread a lot throughout the forums. Takes much longer than a day. Somewhere once I saw the rate of change that saltwater creatures can handle out there on the forums.

Ideal condition is to change your display tank to match the water parameters that the nem was used to.

Good luck! I'm sure the little guy will be fine. Biggest thing is just leave it alone and observe.

Tests kits are all in date. I test with more than one kit. (OCD)
I sure wish the leaving him alone part was easier to do. Lol. I have my fingers crossed.


Thank you! I appreciate your help

 

[inkedtx]

Lou's looking better!

 

[Jizu Puentes]

Flow was off?
This will confuse him if flow is changed

I highly doubt this since the objective in a reef system is to have varying flow. All of my anemones from BTAs to Rock Flowers are added with zero flow.

 

[twilliard]

I highly doubt this since the objective in a reef system is to have varying flow. All of my anemones from BTAs to Rock Flowers are added with zero flow.

My statement was more based on time of introduction

 

[Jizu Puentes]

If you have a biocube, and ammonia, nitrite, andddd nitrate all read 0, I would make sure your test kits are not outdated/expired.

Also, the reason the nem did that is to expel toxin inside of it. The nem would not have an open mouth if light was the problem.

Drop acclimation does nothing except for temperature. Not really sure who suggested that but that gets spread a lot throughout the forums. Takes much longer than a day. Somewhere once I saw the rate of change that saltwater creatures can handle out there on the forums.

Ideal condition is to change your display tank to match the water parameters that the nem was used to.

Good luck! I'm sure the little guy will be fine. Biggest thing is just leave it alone and observe.

Drip acclimation also account for slight salinity changes. For inverts like nems I put them in minimal water then drip my tank water for an hour.

Recent rock flower order dripping

Also changing the parameters of your tank to match every coral added would do more harm to your existing inhabitants instead of a slow acclimation to the new arrival

 

[inkedtx]

Thank you!

 

[inkedtx]

Much better

 

[twilliard]

Much better

Nice!

 

[inkedtx]

Nice!

Thanks!!

 

[convictions13]

Feeding bta's that are still getting used to a new tank puts unnecessary stress on them. I buy and sell bta's and i make sure I add marine snow to the aquarium when new ones are added. It always perks mine up after adding them and they will get more out of the water that they bubble their tentacles up with for a boost of nutrients without putting stress on it. I also fed my first ones two little fishes marine snow in a 29 biocube and it grew awesome.

 

[inkedtx]

Feeding bta's that are still getting used to a new tank puts unnecessary stress on them. I buy and sell bta's and i make sure I add marine snow to the aquarium when new ones are added. It always perks mine up after adding them and they will get more out of the water that they bubble their tentacles up with for a boost of nutrients without putting stress on it. I also fed my first ones two little fishes marine snow in a 29 biocube and it grew awesome.

I'll look into getting that. Thank you! He's all plumped up now. Absolutely beautiful.
I gave him a small piece of shrimp earlier. Hopefully I didn't stress him too much.

 

[tj w]

Looking better inked, I'm in Abilene by the way!

 

[scoopsthedog]

Much better

They tend to get stressed the first few days until they are in a good spot.

 

[Sharkbate]

It may just be doing a water change , it may re inflate once used to your water . Give it consistency. It won't feed in that state. As long as its attached, it may well move once adjusted and I would give a light feed once he's picked up just to restore some energy.
Good luck .give it time but if it continues and it starts to turn inside out from his mouth area remove it from the tank . Nems are cool but tricky .......

 

[inkedtx]

Lou is doing well. I think he's finally lived a spot. My regular water change is tomorrow. Is there any reason I should wait? He's been in the tank a week. I don't want to upset him unnecessarily.

Thanks!!!

 

[inkedtx]

*found a spot...

 

[convictions13]

He should be fine with a water change, just make sure the salinity is the same so there's no fluctuation. If you ever use a buffer they really hate that and will deflate immediately and look terrible for a few hrs so dose it in the filtration away from him.

 

[inkedtx]

Thank you!