Dying Anemone kills Duncan

Big Mistake

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I had a slowly fading Green BT Anemone in a 10-gallon tank.

About the time it gave up the ghost and detached from the rock it also caused my nice little Duncan to close up and melt away too.

I know it is my fault, I suspected the dying Anemone might poison the tank, but nothing else in the tank seemed to notice one iota.

Am I secretly wanting the tank to crash so I can start over?

I have noticed, and while nobody would confuse the two tanks, a lot of similarities between my tank which is kind of curious

1-Day Nano Reef, 2 Year Update​

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I have off and on followed this tank from the original video.

I can't find corals locally anymore ... the one LFS that would get regular deliveries stopped selling corals and everyone else has the same picked over frags.

Anyhow, experiments can be a ...

-Big Mistake
 
How do you know it was the anemone if nothing else was affected?
 

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