All these anemones walking into powerheads... Carelessness or inevitable?

Doob · Sep 12, 2016

Well he's closed up tight for the night (does this every night as soon as the lights enter the lunar phase).

I'll get some more tomorrow.

The white hanging out is a sponge. I scrubbed a couple from the filter area tonight before the water change and he caught some.

Doob · Sep 12, 2016

Nemguy123 said:
Some better pics would be good just turn on only white lights so I can see it better

themcnertney · Sep 12, 2016

Looks a bit rough and I think i see some gha. I'm going to guess your water parameters are off somewhere. Please post them.

Doob · Sep 13, 2016

Ah yes, of course.

Salinity: 1.025
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: <5
Cal: 385
Alk: 8.3
Phosphate: no test

The GHA exploded a couple months back while using a faulty Elos nitrate test kit. The problem has been fixed, and it's slowly receding.

I don't want to take my rocks out and scrub them, I don't mind letting it recede on its own as long as it continues to do so.

My CUC is mostly snails, which are pretty ineffective on it. I have a few blue legs and an emerald crab, and am hesitant to get more since they're opportunistic eaters. I don't have a sump to put them in after the GHA is gone.

Nemguy123 · Sep 13, 2016

Params aren't bad I keep my alk at 11 in all my Nem tanks and sps tanks if he is firmly attached and can still catch stuff in his tentacles I wouldn't worry too much

it's when they won't attach and don't have sticky tents that's when I would worry and break out the cipro

Doob · Sep 13, 2016

Nemguy123 said:
Params aren't bad I keep my alk at 11 in all my Nem tanks and sps tanks if he is firmly attached and can still catch stuff in his tentacles I wouldn't worry too much it's when they won't attach and don't have sticky tents that's when I would worry and break out the cipro

I used to keep it close to 10. When I got the new nitrate test and dropped them down to 0, my acro suffered an ALK burn. I've been keeping it on the low side since. Once I get them back and steady around 5ppm, maybe I'll raise it back up a little.