Scarsdale Newbie!!

[BlueSi4]

Thank you very much, i will go to home depot and see what i can find. I think it might be a challenge, especially with the bow front, but we'll see, i will keep you posted.
How's the anemone coming along??

 

[cybermeez]

The anemone is looking really good. My water parameters are back to normal with 8 dKh and calcium at 450. I've been feeding it pieces of silversides a few times a week and it's grown quite a bit since it split off. I think it will be ready to go next weekend. Now I just have to figure out how to get it off the rock. Its foot is attached up in a little cave that used to be home to my Royal Gramma, until he was evicted by the RBTA.

Check it out!

 

[BlueSi4]

Wow the anemone looks great, where do you get the silversides from?

 

[BlueSi4]

BTW, my Exquisite decided to go MIA...yesterday he/she was hiding under the rocks and stuff, now today i can't find it...i'm worried

 

[cybermeez]

I was at House of Fins last week and they had the individually frozen ones that come in a plastic box. I don't see those that often so I got some. You can get frozen silversides at pretty much any LFS that carries frozen foods I'd imagine.

Wow the anemone looks great, where do you get the silversides from?

 

[cybermeez]

I think they burry themselves, so he may be hiding somewhere in your sand bed.

BTW, my Exquisite decided to go MIA...yesterday he/she was hiding under the rocks and stuff, now today i can't find it...i'm worried

 

[BlueSi4]

I hope he didn't die, that would suck. Also, a couple weeks ago i was able to snap an anemone, but it's small and white, and its home is located in the back of the tank, kinda hidden. It's been in the same spot for over a week now, is that normal? I tried feeding it mysis, but i'm not sure if it ate it or not, since i can't really see. Is white a normal color for the bubble tips?

 

[cybermeez]

Once an anemone finds a place it likes it won't move. Believe me, you want him to stay put. You don't want it wandering all over your tank looking for a spot it likes all the while stinging everything in its path.

If the anemone is all white then it's bleached. It has expelled all the zoanthellae that live in its cells and give it energy. These zoantellae are what make bubble tips (and other anemones) partly photosynthetic, but if he's bleached he's not getting any energy from photosynthesis.

Keep feeding it several times a week. Mysis have more nutrition than brine shrimp or krill, but if you can find silversides those are much better. You can thaw them, cut them up into small pieces and put them in his tenacles. Make sure the pieces aren't too big or he won't be able to eat it. Even my big RBTA can't handle more than 1/2 a small silverside at a time. If it survives the color will eventually come back, but it can take a year or more.

I hope he didn't die, that would suck. Also, a couple weeks ago i was able to snap an anemone, but it's small and white, and its home is located in the back of the tank, kinda hidden. It's been in the same spot for over a week now, is that normal? I tried feeding it mysis, but i'm not sure if it ate it or not, since i can't really see. Is white a normal color for the bubble tips?

 

[BlueSi4]

Ok i will go tomorrow and see if i can find silversides. The Exquisite finally came out today, not sure where he was, but he came out! I was getting scared, i thought he was dead or something...

 

[BlueSi4]

I think the BTA was hungry...it ate half a silverside in no time...didn't even give the shrimp a chance to smell it...haha

 

[cybermeez]

That's a good sign. If an anemone won't take food and is bleached, it's a gonner. I'm going to PM you about the RBTA.

 

[BlueSi4]

Microbubbles are pissing the crap out of me. I will turn off the lights for a couple of days because i don't wanna see them, and the stupid algae is annoying the crap out of me.

 

[cybermeez]

I wouldn't do that with an anemone in the tank. :frown:

Microbubbles are pissing the crap out of me. I will turn off the lights for a couple of days because i don't wanna see them, and the stupid algae is annoying the crap out of me.

 

[BlueSi4]

new pics

 

[BlueSi4]

I've been trying to redo my aquascaping for the past couple weeks but i haven't been able to find the right "setting" for me, i hate how it looks, the rocks move and i end up going back to how it used to be. If anyone is willing to help me, i would appreciate it!

 

[cybermeez]

Nice pix! How about a full tank shot? :smile: The RBTA looks very happy! The spot he picked is seems to be a pretty good one for both viewing and the clowns. I just looked back in this thread and saw a photo of you whole tank and I like the aquascaping you had. Nice overhangs and holes for the fish to swim through.

 

[BlueSi4]

The RBTA is doing well, even though feeding it has been a challenge. The fire shrimp tends to go after the silverside, even when the fish is in the mouth of the RBTA. But after a couple tries, she ends up eating it.

 

[cybermeez]

My cleaner shrimp would do that, but they stopped after the clowns started hosting in it. The clowns would drive the shrimp away. Until then try giving the shrimp their own pieces silverside. That may distract them long enough to allow the RBTA to feed unmolested. Also put the silverside close to the anemone's mouth and it will consume it faster.

 

[BlueSi4]

A couple more pics that my friend took last night, he might be getting into saltwater fish soon...

 

[BlueSi4]

It's safe to say that i will be getting a 75 gallon reef ready tank tomorrow with a 30 gallon sump!!! Now instead of running T5, i will be running MH!!!!