Vinegar+ NEM'S

[jakub]

Hi Randy. I recently read on reef Central your post about and NEM'S regain zooanthallae as a side effect vinegar dosing. I dose Red Sea's nopox and would love to help my NEM'S (brought them slightly bleached). Should I supplement the Red Sea with vinegar or replace it with vinega?

Thanks

 

[bobman]

I cant comment on redsea nopox as I have never used it but I would assume its effects would be close to vinegar (could be wrong as I have never used the stuff). I can say though I would rather go the vinegar (I use vodka) route as it accomplishes the same and costs far less.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hi Randy. I recently read on reef Central your post about and NEM'S regain zooanthallae as a side effect vinegar dosing. I dose Red Sea's nopox and would love to help my NEM'S (brought them slightly bleached). Should I supplement the Red Sea with vinegar or replace it with vinega?

Thanks

Organic carbon dosing may be a double edged sword with respect to stressed anemones.

Yes, the organic carbon dosed may be used directly by zoox in anemones. Acetate is, at least.

But the potential drawback is the propensity for anemones to go belly up in the early stages, and probably due to bacterial infection. If the organic carbon source you are using might drive the growth of a pathogenic strain of bacteria, it might be worse than useless to dose organic carbon with a new anemone.

I've not really heard of this being issue for established anemones (I have an S. gigantea that is thriving in the presence of good size doses of vinegar), but I'd be wary/reluctant of dosing when a new anemone is arriving.

 

[jakub]

So I should probably wait 2-3 months for the NEMS to establish. And then start carbon dosing.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

So I should probably wait 2-3 months for the NEMS to establish. And then start carbon dosing.

I think that seems prudent.

What type of anemone? Some seem a lot more prone to infections than others.

 

[jakub]

Rainbow sunburst and a SUPER RARE ONE (rainbow has the problems)

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

I have a bubble tip anemone and have been doing the Red Sea product since before the introduction of the anemone with no issues. I did, however, make sure I selected a healthy specimen at the time of purchase.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Bubble tips seem a lot less prone to infections than carpet anemones. When I doses very high levels of vinegar, my rose bubble tip turned darker but didn't appear to suffer.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Guess it's a good thing I didn't buy a carpet anyone

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Yes, the failure rate of new carpets is pretty high.

Some folks are developing antibiotic treatments that seem a big improvement, but are a pain since you cannot just put the anemone into your display.