Try colour bubble tip nem

sheyandpete · Feb 18, 2018

Hi can someone please advise, just bought a bubble tip last week and i am not sure if it is ok or not. My tank is all stable and it seems to be takeing food. I have photo,s. It is about 1 inch across, obviousley an infant, but is this how it is supposed to look. Thankyou in advance.

reef lover · Feb 18, 2018

No he's not supposed to look like that...what are your exact parameters? Lighting? And how old is the tank?

sheyandpete · Feb 18, 2018

Hi,
My parameters are ( Nitrate-0/Nitrite-0/Amonia-0/Phosphate-0) S G 1.023-1.024
Low to medium flow, running kessil AP700 at 3 hours morning blues, 7 hours blue white, 3 hours evening blues. I have been running tank for 9 months.

USMC 4 LIFE · Feb 18, 2018

You say your parameters are good but you fail to list what your calcium and alkalinity are at. That’s the problem!! Buy the CA and ALK test kits and do some research on the necessities needed to maintain that animal. Plus your salinity needs to be higher.

sheyandpete · Feb 18, 2018

Hi
I havent test for calcium,alk,mag this week but last week they were fine, cal-400-450/alk-7-9/mag about 1350/i do a water change every week around 18% red seacoral pro which seems to keep cal- alk-mag at levels above. I have a doser but have not used yet with aquaforest 1-2-3

Ludders · Feb 18, 2018

I would say he is lacking colour and it doesn't surprise me. Nems can be stressed in transport and not really having an ideal habitat in your local reef stores, but if he feeds that's a good sign.

Has he settled anywhere yet and what are you feeding and how frequently?

Ludders · Feb 18, 2018

USMC 4 LIFE said:
You say your parameters are good but you fail to list what your calcium and alkalinity are at. That’s the problem!! Buy the CA and ALK test kits and do some research on the necessities needed to maintain that animal. Plus your salinity needs to be higher.

I would also say to aim for 1.025-1.026S Salinity as well.

Zack K · Feb 18, 2018

It looks like you bought a bad Anemone. This kind of decline doesn’t usually happen during a week.

sheyandpete · Feb 18, 2018

Fed him this morning, prawn finely chopped, also fed him the day before shrimp. He seems to grab whatever i feed fish also. Seems to have settled where you see him in last pic

sheyandpete · Feb 18, 2018

Was like this when he arrived. The uk is bad news theres a lot of jerks around selling livestock that is not up to scratch, i bought through ebay so my bad, if it had been a physical store, well lets say things would have been a lot differant. So i must at least try to make good out off a less than perfect situation, if not just for the poor nem

Zack K · Feb 18, 2018

It sounds like your throwing out a good effort. You have a good light source, parameters within reasonable levels, and your feeding it. I wish you the best of luck!

sheyandpete · Feb 18, 2018

Zack Klabunde said:
It sounds like your throwing out a good effort. You have a good light source, parameters within reasonable levels, and your feeding it. I wish you the best of luck!

Thanks

reef lover · Feb 18, 2018

sheyandpete said:
Hi,
My parameters are ( Nitrate-0/Nitrite-0/Amonia-0/Phosphate-0) S G 1.023-1.024
Low to medium flow, running kessil AP700 at 3 hours morning blues, 7 hours blue white, 3 hours evening blues. I have been running tank for 9 months.

All looks well , I'd raise the SG a little to 1.025_1.026 but other corals look good. Hopefully hell perk up.

Ludders · Feb 18, 2018

sheyandpete said:
Was like this when he arrived. The uk is bad news theres a lot of jerks around selling livestock that is not up to scratch, i bought through ebay so my bad, if it had been a physical store, well lets say things would have been a lot differant. So i must at least try to make good out off a less than perfect situation, if not just for the poor nem

Where do you live?