Anenome OK? Just checking...

[evrydayzawrkday]

**edit** It may be a green bulb anemone. I am unsure honestly...

Hi all,

Long and short of it, I have a somewhat newer tank (~4 mo) that has been rock solid. I recently (about a week ago) put in two new ocellaris clownfish (babies) and a small (2 inch?) green long tentacle anemone. Everything is fed brine shrimp in the AM each day, half a cube. It kinda looked like this within the store, but I wanted to confirm all is going OK with it as I cannot tell if it is bleached at all. My only concern is around lights off (7p EST, 12 hour light on cycle) it expels some brown stuff and shrivels up a little. It goes back to its normal form 30-60 minutes later.

Here are some pics for reference...

Details on the tank are below...

- Fluval 13.5 Saltwater tank. Only modification was using a 3D printer to make two new media baskets (using MarinePure gems, filter floss, chemipure elite and some additional carbon)
- Parameters are OK. For the last month it has been 0 ppm ammonia, 0 ppm nitrate / nitrite, 8.0-8.2 PH, salinity around 1.026-1.028 (I can't tell, its between .025-.030).
- Tank was initially cycled with a turbo snail, margarita snail, three blue legged hermit crabs, skunk cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp. All are still there, alive and healthy.
- I normally use Vibrant on each water change weekly, which is ~30% water change.

 

[Poof No Eyebrows]

Appears fine to me.

 

[evrydayzawrkday]

Appears fine to me.

Thanks! I cannot tell with the lighting from the Fluval if it is OK or not honestly, I thought it may have been a little bleached or stressed. The mouth is all puckered up and such, and it ate a bit today so I would imagine it was OK but I rather check

Last thing.. the brown stringy stuff each night (around 12 hours after tank feeding).. poop?

 

[Poof No Eyebrows]

Color is speculative at best with many Nems. Especially if not under a heavy blue spectrum. If it accepts food that’s a great sign. The trick with Nems is to not freak out and don’t try to over interpret “signs”. Just keep an eye on it and enjoy. Their amazing creatures.

 

[dvgyfresh]

It almost looks like a condalactus anemone but I honestly can’t tell too well what color is the base/foot?

 

[evrydayzawrkday]

It almost looks like a condalactus anemone but I honestly can’t tell too well what color is the base/foot?

Purplish is what the base looks like.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Purplish is what the base looks like.

I would guess not a condy then but looks happy

 

[dedragon]

its definitely not a LTA or BTA so i would have to agree with the first opinion of condy. I think bases confuse many people, i personally dont think all LTA have red feet as i have seen some without. Anemone id is tricky

 

[dedragon]

**edit** It may be a green bulb anemone. I am unsure honestly...

Hi all,

Long and short of it, I have a somewhat newer tank (~4 mo) that has been rock solid. I recently (about a week ago) put in two new ocellaris clownfish (babies) and a small (2 inch?) green long tentacle anemone. Everything is fed brine shrimp in the AM each day, half a cube. It kinda looked like this within the store, but I wanted to confirm all is going OK with it as I cannot tell if it is bleached at all. My only concern is around lights off (7p EST, 12 hour light on cycle) it expels some brown stuff and shrivels up a little. It goes back to its normal form 30-60 minutes later.

Here are some pics for reference...

Details on the tank are below...

- Fluval 13.5 Saltwater tank. Only modification was using a 3D printer to make two new media baskets (using MarinePure gems, filter floss, chemipure elite and some additional carbon)
- Parameters are OK. For the last month it has been 0 ppm ammonia, 0 ppm nitrate / nitrite, 8.0-8.2 PH, salinity around 1.026-1.028 (I can't tell, its between .025-.030).
- Tank was initially cycled with a turbo snail, margarita snail, three blue legged hermit crabs, skunk cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp. All are still there, alive and healthy.
- I normally use Vibrant on each water change weekly, which is ~30% water change.

Tank is a bit young for an anemone but condys are hardy, water change of 30% a week can be a bit rough though, nitrates and phosphates shouldnt be at zero. The salinity thing is weird, are you using a refractometer or a swing arm hydrometer?

 

[evrydayzawrkday]

Tank is a bit young for an anemone but condys are hardy, water change of 30% a week can be a bit rough though, nitrates and phosphates shouldnt be at zero. The salinity thing is weird, are you using a refractometer or a swing arm hydrometer?

I def agree about the tank being young. In all honesty the anemone came from a friend whos tank was failing, and mine has been pretty solid.

I am trying to get my nitrate up but that hasn't been working at all.. any recommendations?

 

[dedragon]

doing smaller water changes at 10-15% per week instead of 30% will probably help increase nitrates a bit

 

[evrydayzawrkday]

doing smaller water changes at 10-15% per week instead of 30% will probably help increase nitrates a bit

Perfect. Thank you all!