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twelvefive
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I have no idea what you're talking about... never heard of ORP.
He will eat mysis.
Normal Anemone Behavior
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I have no idea what you're talking about... never heard of ORP.
He will eat mysis.
Keep up the mysis. there's a thread on ORP started, I'll locate it for ya. Its a more recent discovery of an old parameter that is very important. Vaguely it is the level water uses or eliminates waste/ level it oxidizes things. Some things handle it differently
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twelvefive
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Any chance you still have that skimmer I was trying to trade for?
The computer chip things right?
I still have it. Its on eBay but r2r over rules them lol
Thread is still up, https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124862
Check and see if my toshiba is compatible
I wrote the model #
Check and see if my toshiba is compatible
I wrote the model #
Salty heart
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Bleaching?? I am pretty sure that means lights arent strong enough--I dont have the best lighting either T5--but i have read that feeding more often helps if lights arent up to par--but----gaping mouth and bleaching--u may to pull him out soon---has he lost any tentacles?? one of mine did--he lost all of his tenacles and withered up with the gaping mouth--sadly we had to get him out of there.I hope ur nem gets better!! keep us informed on how it is doing!!
If you have a 6500k flood light, or can get one I would quarantine the anemone in a 10g tank or a safe spot in your sump and see if he gets more color. I had a bleached Condy brown up amazingly under what I use on my chaetomorpha when I had a 10g Lego tank set up, 26w I believe? Its cheap but may help if in fact it is the low par values
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twelvefive
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There is enough light in the tank for him, but he's hiding under a ledge instead of basking in it. His mouth isn't gaping as much as it's inside out in the last picture I posted. No tentacle loss and 3/4 of the day it looks normal and bubbly.
Tentacle loss is never a good thing. I didn't leave I just looked over there --->
This isn't necessarily a fatal thing, but in dirty water can become infected and more affected by changes. Now one thing to consider with corals and anemones is they have regenerative capabilities. My gorgonian would close when I fragged it for 2 weeks while it used its energy to regrow. My Duncan also does this. I have no anemone but am offering anecdotal hope that they can be saved.
As far as normal: it is normal for anemones to act abnormal. They walk but cannot see. They are made mostly of water and are delicate and potentially toxic when pulverized. They are extremely clumsy and will not avoid corals because they don't have to. They are the most fluctuating random life form I'm aware of in the aquarium.
This isn't necessarily a fatal thing, but in dirty water can become infected and more affected by changes. Now one thing to consider with corals and anemones is they have regenerative capabilities. My gorgonian would close when I fragged it for 2 weeks while it used its energy to regrow. My Duncan also does this. I have no anemone but am offering anecdotal hope that they can be saved.
As far as normal: it is normal for anemones to act abnormal. They walk but cannot see. They are made mostly of water and are delicate and potentially toxic when pulverized. They are extremely clumsy and will not avoid corals because they don't have to. They are the most fluctuating random life form I'm aware of in the aquarium.
Ditzy3
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Thank you so much for all the info, he was doing so good, then we stsrted finding short tenticles in the tank, of course i would immediately take them out of the tank. Some of his tenticles sre growing back 2-3 little tenticles on that 1 tenticle. Weird to say the least.
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Ok, temperature has been dropped to 78.x and phosphates and nitrates are now at 0. He wouldn't eat tonight, though. When feeding mysis to a small, bleaching nem, should I try to feed daily or stick with every other day?
