Hey everyone, my nem (rose bubble tip) went to the ocean in the sky and I wanted some thoughts on what I could have done different -
My NO3 and PO4 regularly hover just above undetectable (ie 0) (Tropic marin compact lab and Hanna, respectively). My 45g tank was setup October 2020, I have a refugium and macros in my display. Fish: wrasse, two clowns, hawkfish. Inverts: two red hermit crabs, two blue hermit crabs, snails, conch.
The ~2 inch anemone was added earlier this year (Feb/March maybe). I don't have a PAR meter, but I have a monti growing okay towards the middle-top of my tank. My feeding regimen is once per day, either frozen or dry with one tiny scoop of rotifers and one tiny scoop of reef chili. Occasionally live white worms. I add cheatogro, dose All-for-reef, AB+, and phytoplankton.
Here is its history as I can remember: The anemone seemed to behave typically when I got it. It wandered for a day then found it's spot and stayed there. It was generally fine, but generally wasn't too happy about being fed. It would take food (small amounts, think 3-4 mysis srhimp) but then shrink for half a day or so and then bounce back. I eventually stopped directly feeding it. However, the anemone started getting unhappy every time I fed the tank - it would shrink, and sometimes gape. At one point, I increased my flow to appease some corals - the nem moved to a new spot but still seemed content. I went on vacation for a week about a month ago and had my family take care of my tank - when I came back, it was a little unkempt; some overgrown algae, corals that seemed irritated but not worse for wear. After some cleaning everything bounced back. The anemone still seemed fine (as far as I could tell). One day, less than two weeks ago, I wanted to see if my nem would take food because it wasn't growing. I gave it a couple pieces of mysis shrimp (and I do mean it was pretty much two pieces), and it just pretty much never recovered: it shrunk, it went into the dark, then it slowly made its way up the rockwork and then shriveled up. I found on the sand bed and thought I'd try and put it in a little holder towards the top of my tank, but by the next day it was a cloud of dissolved anemone flesh.
Did I overfeed it? Was it too small for me to be successful? Was this just chance? Thanks for ur time
My NO3 and PO4 regularly hover just above undetectable (ie 0) (Tropic marin compact lab and Hanna, respectively). My 45g tank was setup October 2020, I have a refugium and macros in my display. Fish: wrasse, two clowns, hawkfish. Inverts: two red hermit crabs, two blue hermit crabs, snails, conch.
The ~2 inch anemone was added earlier this year (Feb/March maybe). I don't have a PAR meter, but I have a monti growing okay towards the middle-top of my tank. My feeding regimen is once per day, either frozen or dry with one tiny scoop of rotifers and one tiny scoop of reef chili. Occasionally live white worms. I add cheatogro, dose All-for-reef, AB+, and phytoplankton.
Here is its history as I can remember: The anemone seemed to behave typically when I got it. It wandered for a day then found it's spot and stayed there. It was generally fine, but generally wasn't too happy about being fed. It would take food (small amounts, think 3-4 mysis srhimp) but then shrink for half a day or so and then bounce back. I eventually stopped directly feeding it. However, the anemone started getting unhappy every time I fed the tank - it would shrink, and sometimes gape. At one point, I increased my flow to appease some corals - the nem moved to a new spot but still seemed content. I went on vacation for a week about a month ago and had my family take care of my tank - when I came back, it was a little unkempt; some overgrown algae, corals that seemed irritated but not worse for wear. After some cleaning everything bounced back. The anemone still seemed fine (as far as I could tell). One day, less than two weeks ago, I wanted to see if my nem would take food because it wasn't growing. I gave it a couple pieces of mysis shrimp (and I do mean it was pretty much two pieces), and it just pretty much never recovered: it shrunk, it went into the dark, then it slowly made its way up the rockwork and then shriveled up. I found on the sand bed and thought I'd try and put it in a little holder towards the top of my tank, but by the next day it was a cloud of dissolved anemone flesh.
Did I overfeed it? Was it too small for me to be successful? Was this just chance? Thanks for ur time