Help anemone problem
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Rcpilot
Addicted to LPS
There are some threads in the hitch hiker forum about dealing with vermetid snails. That's the "worms" you've got.
Can't help you on the anenome. Never had one.
I would caution against adding stuff like purple up. I've never heard of the other stuff you listed. You'll do better with patience. Rocks will color up and turn purple on their own, naturally. Why rush it? The journey is more fun if you slow down. Rushing things in a reef tank usually leads to problems.
Hope the 'nem makes it. Good luck.
Can't help you on the anenome. Never had one.
I would caution against adding stuff like purple up. I've never heard of the other stuff you listed. You'll do better with patience. Rocks will color up and turn purple on their own, naturally. Why rush it? The journey is more fun if you slow down. Rushing things in a reef tank usually leads to problems.
Hope the 'nem makes it. Good luck.
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
Can we get some information.
How old is the tank
All major parameters
How long have the nems been in there?
What Kind of light do you have?
Let’s start there.
And, let’s not worry about the Vermited snails yet. We can deal with those later.
How old is the tank
All major parameters
How long have the nems been in there?
What Kind of light do you have?
Let’s start there.
And, let’s not worry about the Vermited snails yet. We can deal with those later.
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Well yes the 1 kind being quadricolor (bubble tip nems), but within this category there are different variants. For example the purple passion bubbletip which is purple with green tips, black widow bta, sherman bta, green bta, etc.
Some may be from different regions than others and dont necessarily always get along (chemical warfare). So do you know what type yours is and is there any other different types in the tank with it?
Some may be from different regions than others and dont necessarily always get along (chemical warfare). So do you know what type yours is and is there any other different types in the tank with it?
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
What data do you have to share with us regarding this? I would like to read it.
I have personal experience to go off of as I've experienced this many times. If you join the Sunburt Facebook group (a group focused on high end bubbletip anemones) you can read countless countless reports of people making these same claims. I have lost 3 Colorado Sunburst anemone on different occasions by mixing with wild btas. Same thing with black widow bta.
At first I didn't believe it either and wanted "scientific data"....few thousand dollars later and personal experiences brought me to this conclusion.
Once or twice might be a fluke, but it keeps happening and not just to me
At first I didn't believe it either and wanted "scientific data"....few thousand dollars later and personal experiences brought me to this conclusion.
Once or twice might be a fluke, but it keeps happening and not just to me
I have personal experience to go off of as I've experienced this many times. If you join the Sunburt Facebook group (a group focused on high end bubbletip anemones) you can read countless countless reports of people making these same claims. I have lost 3 Colorado Sunburst anemone on different occasions by mixing with wild btas. Same thing with black widow bta.
At first I didn't believe it either and wanted "scientific data"....few thousand dollars later and personal experiences brought me to this conclusion.
Once or twice might be a fluke, but it keeps happening and not just to me
At first I didn't believe it either and wanted "scientific data"....few thousand dollars later and personal experiences brought me to this conclusion.
Once or twice might be a fluke, but it keeps happening and not just to me
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
Thanks for the reply.
I don’t do Facebook or any other social media, but I will take you for you word on what you have experienced in your tank.
I wonder why it has happened to you so many times, but has never happened in others?
Any thoughts?
Also, not trying to hijack the thread, still waiting for the OP to give some feed back so trying to maybe learn something.
Original poster is having issues with his bubble tip anemones and he doesn't know why, I'm asking him if he has other BtA in his tank
In the Facebook high-end anemone group with hundreds of high-end anemone owners, there is at least 20 other accounts of this happening. I'm not the only one
Pretty much any ammonia is too high, so that might be a place to start. Any thoughts on why you might be having ammonia?
~Bruce
~Bruce
