Green Carpet Anemone Question/s

[ChrisAndJulie2012]

Hello guys,
So we have had a Green Carpet Anemone and Clarkii pair for about four months. The pair has been doing great and he has grown 1/3 the size from when we first got them. Well I got a deal on two candy cane frags and used epoxy to glue them into their place.

Not only is our skimmer going crazy *not so bad now* but our anemone is looking like he is under the weather. His mouth/gut isn't out yet and we hope it don't come to that. I fed him this evening and he still is pulling like crazy on the pieces of krill I feed him. Is this normal for him? Do they go through stages like some corals do?

I have changed the carbon since adding the frags/epoxy

Only other thing that has been changed since is a new set of ATI Coral Plus T5 bulbs.

TIA
Chris and Julie

 

[ChrisAndJulie2012]

I fed him this evening and he looked to have perked up a little. Usually he is stretched out to about where that snail is just a little above him. About another 2" or so.

I read on here that people feed theres about every third day. That is what we have been doing other then this go around, I fed him Thursday evening.

TIA

Chris and Julie

 

[lsingh]

I have many carpets and really never fed em routinely .. some times not for weeks .. every now and than maybe maybe once a month .
They do fine without feedings

 

[ChrisAndJulie2012]

Just thought I would give a quick update on our friend. He appears to be back to his usual self.

Needless to say that epoxy has been thrown in the trash.

 

[Trex]

Next time you use epoxy (( and I would take it out of the trash )), just run some carbon and do a water change. Your skimmer going nuts is fairly normal too.

IME, with S. haddonis, once settled (( 6+ months )), they are pretty bullet proof.

 

[ChrisAndJulie2012]

Thanks Trex! I'll try next time. My carbon was only about two weeks old. I didn't have any premix ready to go. But I will def. keep that in mind next time.