RFA help

[erin10885]

I purchased 4 RFAs Friday, 3 went in the tank perfectly and were doing great, or so I thought... I've attached pics of 2 of them, I don't think any of the fish went after them since they've left the one I put in the tank 3 weeks ago alone. Any advise is appreciated!

 

[JoJosReef]

Second pic not looking so good. Is that the bottom of the foot? I.e., is that RFA about to fall off the rock?

Post some information on your tank. Recent water parameter tests?

 

[erin10885]

Second pic not looking so good. Is that the bottom of the foot? I.e., is that RFA about to fall off the rock?

Post some information on your tank. Recent water parameter tests?

The second pic the RFA was hanging on the rock by a thread, I removed it from the tank.

It's a 500 gallon tank, I haven't run tests on it since 11/30 and those were fine, everything else seems to be doing ok in the tank, all the fish and corals, we have a long tip purple nem that's thriving in the last couple of days. I bought these RFAs from a different place than my original RFA (which is doing fine).

I attached the pics of them from when I put them in the tank.

 

[jabberwock]

Mine like the sand. I turned down the flow way low while they settled in and sunk their foots... feets...

They are still moving around a little bit looking for their happy spot.

 

[jabberwock]

How old is the tank?

 

[erin10885]

How old is the tank?

A little over 6 months

 

[jabberwock]

A little over 6 months

I don't have enough experience with big tanks to judge the potential stability of a tank that size in that that time frame. Perhaps someone else will chime in.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

What is in the tank? Good chance something is picking on it.

 

[erin10885]

What is in the tank? Good chance something is picking on it.

We have 4 nazos, 1 blue hippo, 1 mandarin, 2 tomato clowns, 1 mocha clown, 1 powder blue, 1 coral beauty, 1 algae blenny, 1 file fish, 1 coral banded shrimp & some peppermint shrimp (less than 10 but I can never find them)

 

[kevgib67]

I would be suspicious of the shrimps, I put a rfa in mine and from the minute I put mine in my cleaner shrimp unrelentingly picted at it. Over two days it moved twice, looked awful and then disappeared.

 

[erin10885]

I would be suspicious of the shrimps, I put a rfa in mine and from the minute I put mine in my cleaner shrimp unrelentingly picted at it. Over two days it moved twice, looked awful and then disappeared.

Thank you, I haven't seen them near it but I will keep an eye on them and see if anyone else in the house has seen them.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Peppermint shrimp is suspect #1, there are reports they eat RFA’s

 

[erin10885]

Peppermint shrimp is suspect #1, there are reports they eat RFA’s

Any ideas on how to get rid of them in a 500 gallon tank? I can never seem to find the little buggers

 

[Tired]

Bottle traps may get them.

You started with dry rock, right? 6 months in a dry rock tank may not be enough maturity for anemones, given the state of your rock currently.

 

[Uncle99]

They look hungry, what’s nutrient levels availability and stability?

 

[erin10885]

They look hungry, what’s nutrient levels availability and stability?

I'm new to nems so I'm not 100% sure but we feed frozen twice a day and I use powdered coral food a couple times a week. I did target feed them some of the frozen

 

[erin10885]

Bottle traps may get them.

You started with dry rock, right? 6 months in a dry rock tank may not be enough maturity for anemones, given the state of your rock currently.

We did start with dry rock and live sand

 

[Dr4gula.f32]

Do RFA have the same tank maturity requirements as a BTA? Meaning if a RFA is doing well, then a BTA should also do well in the same tank?

 

[Uncle99]

I'm new to nems so I'm not 100% sure but we feed frozen twice a day and I use powdered coral food a couple times a week. I did target feed them some of the frozen

The concern is the “green” on the rocks, what nutrient levels are available? What the flux in the levels over a week?
They don’t require any feedings, but if you want to, I’d wait to let settle first, then maybe a sliver of raw shrimp once a month.
But they do just fine with the light.
Green reminds me of the potential for higher phosphates.

 

[Tired]

Do RFA have the same tank maturity requirements as a BTA? Meaning if a RFA is doing well, then a BTA should also do well in the same tank?

Rock flowers are a bit hardier than BTAs, and seem to be more tolerant of various nonsense.

My concern is that I'm seeing a lot of white on that rock, with a heavy sprinkling of green over it. Mature rock shouldn't have any white, it should be all green and purple.