I’m brand new to saltwater aquariums and my brother gave me a live rock with a bunch of very very tiny red anemones on it. All of them are maybe about 1cm or a half inch in diameter. I already have a tank of just sea monkies (it’s 5gallons with a FluvalSmart nano UV light, an air stone with a pump suitable for 30gallons, a heater rated for 5 gallons. I’ve properly salted the tank and added supplements for the algae, shrimp, and anemone on a regular basis. The shrimp have been acting as my filter and they do a fantastic job, but the anemone is covered in white algae and seems to stay closed a lot (it’s a little hard to see if it’s open because of how small they are).
it ate happily when it was first put in, didn’t spit out any black goo, just closed around a few baby shrimp, but since has been inactive and now it’s covered in a white algae crop. It doesn’t appear dead - none have detached, the color is still there, and my water is still clear - but all of the anemones are completely covered in white algae.
Should I be worried? They’re just not moving around much, and the shrimp haven’t gotten round to eating the algae off them yet. Besides the layer of growth, they look normal according to what other threads I’ve read say about how to tell if they’re dead. Should I just wait for the monkeys to multiply and eat the algae off?
it ate happily when it was first put in, didn’t spit out any black goo, just closed around a few baby shrimp, but since has been inactive and now it’s covered in a white algae crop. It doesn’t appear dead - none have detached, the color is still there, and my water is still clear - but all of the anemones are completely covered in white algae.
Should I be worried? They’re just not moving around much, and the shrimp haven’t gotten round to eating the algae off them yet. Besides the layer of growth, they look normal according to what other threads I’ve read say about how to tell if they’re dead. Should I just wait for the monkeys to multiply and eat the algae off?