Finally 20 Gallon Setup

Lorna

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As stated....not easy to care for. Mine wasn't nearly as nice as the one you have, I bought it and it was bleached out and on it's way out when I got it. If your light is not strong enough you will need to supplement it and not with mysis.....mysis is too much work for them for little return. Buy some silversides and then provided you have a healthy anemone it should be sticky and it should grab a hold of the minnow and move it to it's mouth. They should be fed a silverside about once a week. More anemones die from overfeeding and insufficient light or they starve to death. Get some plastic hobby canvas and cover your power heads and filter intakes with the canvas attaching it using zip ties. You do not want your new nem to get chewed up by the powerhead. Hopefully it will settle in. If it doesn't you will want to take it back. In fact knowing your tank is so new I would be tempted to just return it hardy though these anemones are, they are all difficult. For an anemone they are hardy but compared to other life forms in your reef they are difficult at best. Also, your tank size is too small. A healthy bubbletip can reach a foot in size an a tentacle reach of more. They will sting anything in their path also. The chance of your clown hosting this anemone also is probably slim unless it is a maroon and even then some captive bred clowns do not automatically host. Your clowns will probably host something else in your tank..........even a powerhead.
 

Lorna

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D..n, that is a nice anemone. Has it settled down? picked a spot? it can and will move when ever it wants. Just like kids....they move and don't stay where they are put. Keep it fed as your lighting may not be sufficient. Watch for signs of a gaping mouth, or deflation......shrinking that doesn't rebound. Not the normal water change out kind of deflating......you will know when you see it. Don't be in too much of a hurry for a clown to host in it.......sometimes they can be more of a pest to the nem than a help.....
 

Panther28

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Lorna said:
D..n, that is a nice anemone. Has it settled down? picked a spot? it can and will move when ever it wants. Just like kids....they move and don't stay where they are put. Keep it fed as your lighting may not be sufficient. Watch for signs of a gaping mouth, or deflation......shrinking that doesn't rebound. Not the normal water change out kind of deflating......you will know when you see it. Don't be in too much of a hurry for a clown to host in it.......sometimes they can be more of a pest to the nem than a help.....

Lorna I totally understand what you are trying to say. but once I get into something I do it till the end. I have been watching the anemone almost 24/7. You got me a little worried but I think he is doing very good. He has finally settle down (Thanks god) He moved only once the 1st day I added him to the tank. Now he is one place catching flake food and I have been feeding him some mysis for now and he seems to grabbing it and sucking it in. As for the gaping mouth. I have not noticed it yet. The mouth seems to be closed. He only deflates when the lights go off but only 20%-30%. And when the lights come on he swells up. As for the clown, i don't know if this is good news or not but in the morning the smaller clown was hosting and both seemed to like it. I haven't seen it hosting again though. The anemone is still in the same position as yesterday afternoon and has moved maybe half an inch or so(is this ok). So I am thinking he is settling down and hopefully won't move, if he does I am taking him back. Thats all that has been happening. What do you think? Lorna





This was in the morning. When i switched on the room lights.


 

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Panther28

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UPDATE

A little update.

I took everybodies advice and returned the bubble tip anemone. He was a little difficult to take care for like an infant. Anyways I bought a few corals. Pictures below. Everything cost be about $30. I think its a pretty good deal what do you guys think? Pic below.














They have not opened up yet. What do you guys think..





 

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Panther28

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YahooFishKeeper said:
JUICE IT!!! like BAM!!! just get some joes juice. it will shrivel up and die.

I read some where that you can even use lemon juice. So thats what I did and it working like a charm. Although you have to inject it in to the stem of aiptasia. It just shriveled up. While the other one just went in. I am waiting for it to come out. Link Below.

How To Eliminate Aiptasia Anemones with Lemon Juice A Reef Tank Safe, Effective, and Easy to Perform Injection Procedure That Costs Only Pennies!


This is the Aiptasia killer.






I have a lot of hitchhikers on the rock with the aiptasia
 

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Panther28

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I need some help. I have an algae problem. I have 11 turbo snail and 10 blue leg hermits. I have been using R/O water from the start have never used tap water.
There are no nitrates so whats the problem. Is there anything i can add to the tank so they remove this algae. I also have some orange/brown type algae on the sand. This algae is only on the sand. Infact all the algae is on the sand. And it releases bubbles as you can see in the pics. Any help!!! Pics below.







 

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Panther28

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Ok so today was payday and I got a big bonus. And I though of maybe undertaking a new project. Maybe like setting up a sump. So I was about to purchase a few things for that and wanted your opinion about the stuff. Let me know before I order anything.

CPR CS90 Overflow/Prefilter

MAG1200 MagDrive 1200gph Water Pump

M3-AQUALIFTERPUMP AQUA LIFTER VACUUM PUMP AW-20

I will convert my 10 gallon and maybe upgrade later. Any suggestions!!!




big54bob said:
hey do u still got that emarald crab?
Yup I see him from time to time.
 

Panther28

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Mahamotorworks said:
Cool, so whats the plans?

MAHA

Well I am going to setup a 10 gallon sump with pvc Piping. once I get the purchased items (got the return pump and the over flow just need the piping). Will go to home depot and ask for help because I don't know the abcd's of piping. will see what happens. do you suggest anything about the pvc pipings.