killed another anenome...

RiffRaff · 10/27/2008, 02:14 AM

what do you suggest for feeding? i was turkey basting rods food over it. It seemed to be cool. He was happy with that til I decided to move him. It had been slowly tucking its way underneath of some rock til I removed it and repositioned it on a different rock. Now its all shriveled and gross. Once it fully detaches from the rock I'll give it the old flush a roonie. But I'll just leave it til I see this. Any suggestions?

RiffRaff · 10/27/2008, 02:15 AM

I've had him for about 3 months now. And the tank was completely taken down and reset for a move about 2 months ago

atwinparadox2 · 10/27/2008, 06:37 AM

since you broke the tank down and reset it up, then it probably wasn't mature enough for the anemone yet?

Flightpipe · 10/27/2008, 07:10 AM

My suggestion would be stop messing with it. It will go where it want and you moving it will only **** it off. My GBTA moved all over and finally found a spot, i still have nightmares about it getting stuck to a PH. (I feed mysis and krill)

Like atwinparadox2 said make sure ur tank is mature enough to support one.

WaterKeeper · 10/27/2008, 07:23 AM

RiffRaff,

I was a known anemone killer in my early years of saltwater. The main reason-lack of proper lighting in those early years of marine tank care. We didn't know back then that anemones were highly dependant on light to make food, more so than most corals. If you are losing anemones the most probable cause is poor lighting.

10/27/2008, 02:14 AM	#1
RiffRaff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis Posts: 1,120	killed another anenome... what do you suggest for feeding? i was turkey basting rods food over it. It seemed to be cool. He was happy with that til I decided to move him. It had been slowly tucking its way underneath of some rock til I removed it and repositioned it on a different rock. Now its all shriveled and gross. Once it fully detaches from the rock I'll give it the old flush a roonie. But I'll just leave it til I see this. Any suggestions?

10/27/2008, 02:15 AM	#2
RiffRaff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis Posts: 1,120	I've had him for about 3 months now. And the tank was completely taken down and reset for a move about 2 months ago __________________ reefin ain't cheatin Current Tank Info: 72 gal bowfront

10/27/2008, 07:10 AM	#4
Flightpipe Sea Turtles Love Me...... Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pensacola, FL. Posts: 745	My suggestion would be stop messing with it. It will go where it want and you moving it will only **** it off. My GBTA moved all over and finally found a spot, i still have nightmares about it getting stuck to a PH. (I feed mysis and krill) Like atwinparadox2 said make sure ur tank is mature enough to support one. __________________ "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." Current Tank Info: 29 BC Reef

10/27/2008, 07:23 AM	#5
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	RiffRaff, I was a known anemone killer in my early years of saltwater. The main reason-lack of proper lighting in those early years of marine tank care. We didn't know back then that anemones were highly dependant on light to make food, more so than most corals. If you are losing anemones the most probable cause is poor lighting. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

10/27/2008, 06:37 AM	#3
atwinparadox2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kingston, PA Posts: 782	since you broke the tank down and reset it up, then it probably wasn't mature enough for the anemone yet?