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10/31/2012, 07:17 PM
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Anthia hiding
I purchased a pair of Bartletts Antheas. Both were together at the LFS. They appeared to be doing well and ate well. I brought the home on Saturday. I acclimated them (lights out). They hid. Next morning, as soon as lights came on they both came out, I fed them, they ate and have been swimming joyfully all day Sunday and Monday. I did a water change on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, one of the Anthias has been hiding. THe other one continues to freely swim all over the tank. It is now two days and the other one continues to hide. When I feed, she comes out briefly grabs food and goes back to her cave. She is no longer swimming freely. What could have happened? I only have a diamond Goby, a skunk cleaner shrimp, turbo, nassarius and astrea snails and an emerald crab.
Tank - 130 gallons Amm - 0 Nitrites - 0 Nitrates - 0 PH 8.0 SG 1.027 Why is she/he hiding? |
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10/31/2012, 07:24 PM
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Location: Plainfield
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Freaking out? Having babies/eggs?
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10/31/2012, 07:31 PM
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Dr. Reef at ur service
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they are shy by nature at first till they settle in....
was this a mated pair u bought? if not then u may have gotten 2 males. in such case they will fight and one will succeed.
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Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE |
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10/31/2012, 08:21 PM
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I don't know if they were a mated pair. There were about 6 of them in the same tank at the LFS. He just two 2 out. You mean the other one will die? I thought if both were the same sex then the less dominant converts to female???
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10/31/2012, 09:26 PM
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Dr. Reef at ur service
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more likely they are males and trying to figure the dominant one.
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Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE |
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