Pink Hiatin Anemone Problem

Brittany8808 · Aug 25, 2019

Brittany8808 said:
I did that yesterday mixed a little pellets with frozen brine shrimp and they love it yeah I do a 1/4 is that to much?.

Mine gets sucked into it to I put my fingers in the water a little bit and make sure it goes down.

Derek siskey · Aug 25, 2019

Brittany8808 said:
I did that yesterday mixed a little pellets with frozen brine shrimp and they love it yeah I do a 1/4 is that to much?.

I use less than 1/4 and the is for 7 fish in 2 tanks, but I also feed twice a day

Derek siskey · Aug 25, 2019

Brittany8808 said:
Mine gets sucked into it to I put my fingers in the water a little bit and make sure it goes down.

Get you a pipette and it helps get the food down into the water, I have my clownfish eating out of it like a baby with a bottle lol

Brittany8808 · Aug 25, 2019

Derek siskey said:
I use less than 1/4 and the is for 7 fish in 2 tanks, but I also feed twice a day

I only feed once every other day also I know people say not to do it but I also read up on it to feed the anemone do it with a baster or tongs I did it with tongs and she grabbed it with her tentacles and ate the whole thing that's cool to watch how they do it.

Brittany8808 · Aug 25, 2019

Derek siskey said:
Get you a pipette and it helps get the food down into the water, I have my clownfish eating out of it like a baby with a bottle lol

Where can I get one at?

Derek siskey · Aug 25, 2019

Brittany8808 said:
Where can I get one at?

Most lfs sell them and you can also get them at hobby lobby

Jon Fishman · Aug 26, 2019

Go slow. If I had to guess you are over feeding. I don’t feed nems at all though

Brittany8808 · Aug 26, 2019

Jon Fishman said:
Go slow. If I had to guess you are over feeding. I don’t feed nems at all though

Go slow with what? I am trying to get more stuff for my tank/nem nd fish so I have a healthy tank my nem loves being fed with tongs nd I feed every other day 1 time every other day

Jon Fishman · Aug 26, 2019

Brittany8808 said:
Go slow with what? I am trying to get more stuff for my tank/nem nd fish so I have a healthy tank my nem loves being fed with tongs nd I feed every other day 1 time every other day

If you overfeed the tank, nitrates go up, and you will be creating more to combat. Overfeeding is easy to do, because people want to see their fish eat etc, but they will be fine eating less..... you want that feeding time to be pretty chaotic, a “frenzy” if you will.

As far as the anemone, it’s what is best for its survival. It will keep eating if you keep feeding it, but again, I haven’t feed my anemone ever, and it wasn’t feed at the store, and it’s doing great, and I am not adding unnecessary pollutants to the water, so I would suggest at least slowing down on the feeding.

Good luck, and welcome to the hobby!

Brittany8808 · Aug 26, 2019

Is that bad and how to get if off of there please help!.

Hemmdog · Aug 26, 2019

Brittany8808 said:
Is that bad and how to get if off of there please help!.

Where did it go?

Derek siskey · Aug 26, 2019

That’s algae starting and that is a result of not being enough bacteria yet for the amount of livestock or you are running your light for too long

Brittany8808 · Aug 26, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Where did it go?

Where did what go?

Hemmdog · Aug 26, 2019

Brittany8808 said:
Where did what go?

The nem, is it in the back?

Brittany8808 · Aug 26, 2019

Derek siskey said:
That’s algae starting and that is a result of not being enough bacteria yet for the amount of livestock or you are running your light for too long

Okay I only have one rock in there I turn my acnitic lights on for 2hrs then after 2hrs I put the 10,000 with it i turned The acnitic ones on at 8 in the morning then at 10 turned both on together when should I turn them off and turn monlights on I work 12hr shifts 8 at night till 8 in the morning I leave at 6:40 so when should I put the moonlights on I need to get a timer.