New to Anemones

[vetteguy53081]

they can be so scummy. I've long loved bettas and long hated how petshops sell them, right next to fishbowls instead of tanks. on the brighter side, my monkeys look happier with the added salt already :]

Great to hear

 

[Sleeping Giant]

they can be so scummy. I've long loved bettas and long hated how petshops sell them, right next to fishbowls instead of tanks. on the brighter side, my monkeys look happier with the added salt already :]

pet stores are just stores at the end of the day. it's there to create money, most are not there for the purchaser's actual pet wants and needs, other than to sell anything and everything to them.
As you'll find out, just like anything else people like ripping off people.

Loads of advice, quality products, and like minded people here on R2R. Always looking out for eachother.

We've all experienced non-reliable LFS, it's almost like a right of passage for reefers.

Welcome to the club (R2R)

 

[littlebrineshrimp]

pet stores are just stores at the end of the day. it's there to create money, most are not there for the purchaser's actual pet wants and needs, other than to sell anything and everything to them.
As you'll find out, just like anything else people like ripping off people.

Loads of advice, quality products, and like minded people here on R2R. Always looking out for eachother.

We've all experienced non-reliable LFS, it's almost like a right of passage for reefers.

Welcome to the club (R2R)

i looked through i dont know how many articles before finding this forum @.@
I guess now i focus on finding plants/more substrate for this tank, and hopefully convince my girlies to drop their egg sacs lol. I washed off the nems and they didnt open, so I'm melting them as suggested and hopefully i can keep that live rock to give some algae a place to grow!

 

[Stephen8169301]

they can be so scummy. I've long loved bettas and long hated how petshops sell them, right next to fishbowls instead of tanks. on the brighter side, my monkeys look happier with the added salt already :]

i looked through i dont know how many articles before finding this forum @.@
I guess now i focus on finding plants/more substrate for this tank, and hopefully convince my girlies to drop their egg sacs lol. I washed off the nems and they didnt open, so I'm melting them as suggested and hopefully i can keep that live rock to give some algae a place to grow!

Out of curiosity what is your end goal with your tank? What would you like to accomplish?

 

[littlebrineshrimp]

Out of curiosity what is your end goal with your tank? What would you like to accomplish?

the brine shrimp are just really lovely to watch for me. So I'm just trying to put together a nice tank for them so I can watch them swim around even if its an absolute pain to do water changes x.x

 

[Sailaway]

i looked through i dont know how many articles before finding this forum @.@
I guess now i focus on finding plants/more substrate for this tank, and hopefully convince my girlies to drop their egg sacs lol. I washed off the nems and they didnt open, so I'm melting them as suggested and hopefully i can keep that live rock to give some algae a place to grow!

The “anemones” are unhappy. They look like irritated palythoa or zoa corals. Sea monkeys (brine shrimp) and corals thrive in very different environments. That is why they are irritated and covered In mucous/algae. What are your parameters? I recommend either giving the corals to someone with an established reef or trying to fix the parameters of your current tank.

 

[Sailaway]

I do like the idea of a sea monkey tank though, cool little shrimp!

 

[Stephen8169301]

the brine shrimp are just really lovely to watch for me. So I'm just trying to put together a nice tank for them so I can watch them swim around even if its an absolute pain to do water changes x.x

Awesome that’s pretty sweet!!

 

[DMG Reef]

I doubt that your LFS sold you aiptasia as an anemone. I agree with @Sailaway that they are probably Zoanthids or Palythoas. If they are palys, be careful when cleaning them off and don’t remove the rock from the water to get the algae off.