New nem very angry

cdnco2004 · Apr 17, 2023

I got 2 new Rainbow BTA for a pair of cinnamon clowns. Drip acclimated them, one seems perfectly happy, second is pretty upset. New to nems.

Nano_Man · Apr 17, 2023

Can I ask when did you put the nems in . And how old is your tank

cdnco2004 · Apr 17, 2023

Tank is about 6 months old. And they were added yesterday.

C4ctus99 · Apr 17, 2023

Give it a couple weeks. Do you have good lights?

C4ctus99 · Apr 17, 2023

That guy on the left does look pretty ticked…

cdnco2004 · Apr 17, 2023

C4ctus99 said:
Give it a couple weeks. Do you have good lights?

Yes Maxspect Razor RSX 5-150 on that tank which is a 40G breeder.

C4ctus99 said:
That guy on the left does look pretty ticked…

Yeah he is not happy. Other nem acting like life is great.

vetteguy53081 · Apr 17, 2023

cdnco2004 said:
Tank is about 6 months old. And they were added yesterday.

How did you acclimate them?
Most anemones will move around the tank until they find a suitable spot in the tank to call home. Assure moderate light and flow provided . Too little flow and they will shrink and too much light and they'll do the same
Also elevated phosphate will cause this

cdnco2004 · Apr 17, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
How did you acclimate them?
Most anemones will move around the tank until they find a suitable spot in the tank to call home. Assure moderate light and flow provided . Too little flow and they will shrink and too much light and they'll do the same
Also elevated phosphate will cause this

Dripp acclimated them. Lighting set to Ch1 40 Ch2 60 Ch3 60 ch4 50 on the Maxspect razor. MP10's on either end of tank set to about 50%. Phosphate is 0.23ppm, running GFO and biopellets in reactors to help with Phosphate.

vetteguy53081 · Apr 17, 2023

cdnco2004 said:
Dripp acclimated them. Lighting set to Ch1 40 Ch2 60 Ch3 60 ch4 50 on the Maxspect razor. MP10's on either end of tank set to about 50%. Phosphate is 0.23ppm

Phos very high. You want .04-.08
Light may be a little high for introduction