Newbie here: by way of intro, I have an 8 month old reef tank, 300 gal, which has gone through various phases and is now supporting soft and a few hardier LPS corals without any apparent issue (fingers crossed). However, of the four anemones introduced into my tank in the past 6 weeks, all have died (or in one case was rescued before death). The longest any has survived is about a month. I should mention that my dealer quarantines everything for a month or more so it is unlikely that they arrive ill.
They start off doing fine, open and waving, and then sometimes after a week, sometimes longer, they change place and go for more shelter initially, then after a few more days, they start to shrink, and then they have been disappearing. The last two were in a plastic cage along with my clownfish to try to bond them but the clownfish survived and the anemones melted.
btw, rock anemones are doing fine.
I think it's inescapable that my tank is not mature enough for BTAs but I have no idea why not. If you can comment and/or direct me to a thread or article, I'd be very grateful. Also any sense of how I will know when the tank is ready....I don't want to murder any more anemones.
They start off doing fine, open and waving, and then sometimes after a week, sometimes longer, they change place and go for more shelter initially, then after a few more days, they start to shrink, and then they have been disappearing. The last two were in a plastic cage along with my clownfish to try to bond them but the clownfish survived and the anemones melted.
btw, rock anemones are doing fine.
I think it's inescapable that my tank is not mature enough for BTAs but I have no idea why not. If you can comment and/or direct me to a thread or article, I'd be very grateful. Also any sense of how I will know when the tank is ready....I don't want to murder any more anemones.
