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[Budman's Corals]

He is usually under a rock but this morning I see this. U think he's dieing or pooping. I know i need to get him out if he is but what yall think

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[revhtree Verified Admin]

Hard to tell but it looks like that mouth is gaping pretty wide! Is he eating?

 

[Budman's Corals]

I fed him a little piece silverside last night but i only feed once a week do u think he needs to eat more. But here a pic 3 hour later he looks normal now

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[Trex]

I would stop with the silversides; First too big for an E. quadricolor, their natural diet is a lot smaller. Second, several experienced anemone keepers (( myself included )) have lost otherwise healthy anemones to their use.

I would use either PE mysis, or krill.

However, to cover everything (( and to try to figure out why it isn't on/in the rocks ));
What size tank?
What lights?
How long have you had the anemone?
How long has your tank been set up?
Current water parameters, with numbers please.

 

[Budman's Corals]

I would stop with the silversides; First too big for an E. quadricolor, their natural diet is a lot smaller. Second, several experienced anemone keepers (( myself included )) have lost otherwise healthy anemones to their use.

I would use either PE mysis, or krill.

However, to cover everything (( and to try to figure out why it isn't on/in the rocks ));
What size tank? 120g/ 50 sumpg
What lights? 6-t5 2-vho
How long have you had the anemone? about 6 months
How long has your tank been set up? 1 1/2 years
Current water parameters, with numbers please.

phos .03 /temp 77.5/nitrate5.0(i think cause of new skimmer still breaking in) salinity 1.027

 

[Budman's Corals]

What about feeding other silversides..like my trigger and carpet...

I have heard there not that good

 

[Trex]

Are you using RO/DI water? If so, what is the TDS?

So far, the numbers look decent, so I would be leaning towards the silversides.

By "carpet" do you mean S. haddoni or S. gigantea? If so, I wouldn't take a chance on feeding either one of those a silverside. All of my anemones (( E. quadricolor, M. doreensis, and S. haddoni )) do just fine with krill, that is when I actually feed them, has been about a year.

 

[Budman's Corals]

Are you using RO/DI water? If so, what is the TDS?

So far, the numbers look decent, so I would be leaning towards the silversides.

By "carpet" do you mean S. haddoni or S. gigantea? If so, I wouldn't take a chance on feeding either one of those a silverside. All of my anemones (( E. quadricolor, M. doreensis, and S. haddoni )) do just fine with krill, that is when I actually feed them, has been about a year.

yes on Ro/Di ,tds on 2 different meters are 0..

S. haddon.even my condy never looked like that but never gave silverside to it

How often do you fed?
can i feed regular shrimp

 

[Budman's Corals]

and do they have to be attached to rock. I know my carpet never attached to rock his foot always going to bottom glass

 

[Trex]

S. haddoni are sandbed dwelling anemones -- do you have a picture of yours?
Do you have a sandbed?

I moved to a new place just under 2 years ago, since that move I have fed my anemones mabye 5 times. Prior to that I did it every other week. Other than slower growth, I haven't noticed any ill effects -- though I might try feeding them again, so see if I notice anything.

 

[Budman's Corals]

S. haddoni are sandbed dwelling anemones -- do you have a picture of yours?
Do you have a sandbed?

I moved to a new place just under 2 years ago, since that move I have fed my anemones mabye 5 times. Prior to that I did it every other week. Other than slower growth, I haven't noticed any ill effects -- though I might try feeding them again, so see if I notice anything.

here mine with there clowns that lay eggs every week.. i feed carpet like every 2 weeks a piece of shrimp plus the clowns tank him food often