LT Anemone

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  1. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    GraviT, can you post a pic of the stuff that's coming out of the anemone?
     
    amcarrig, Oct 1, 2004
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  2. GraviT

    GraviT Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Unfortunately, I don't have a camera around. Now that it's open and cruising around looking for a home, it looks like a curly-q white string with a chunk of something attached to the end. The mouth looks closed and tight and the tentacles are all in good shape.
     
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  3. GraviT

    GraviT Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Well, the green LTA seems to have found itself a place to hang out, the top of a small cave behind a nice big rock. I can't imagine it's very happy and I haven't been feeding it in hopes it will get annoyed and decide to move. Is this a bad idea, or should I try to get my hand in there to offer it some food?
     
    GraviT, Oct 2, 2004
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  4. amcarrig

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    Leave it be. If it's not happy, it'll move again. In my experience, target feeding the animal will not cause it to move or sit still.
     
    amcarrig, Oct 4, 2004
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  5. GraviT

    GraviT Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I think the critter is about dead. It's wedged behind a rock, upside down and seems to be shrinking more every day. I think tomorrow it gets to take a ride down the toilet. Remember, all drains lead to the ocean! :-/
     
    GraviT, Oct 7, 2004
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  6. amcarrig

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    Oh! I wouldn't pull it out unless it's falling apart. It can take a week or more for an anemone to adjust and if I'm not mistaken, you just got it last week?
     
    amcarrig, Oct 8, 2004
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  7. GraviT

    GraviT Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I forgot to mention, it is beginning to fall apart. There seems to be more coming off of it every day. Chunks of white, mealy looking stuff.
     
    GraviT, Oct 8, 2004
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  8. Craig Manoukian

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    Use a net to take it out as it will desintigrate if you touch it with your hands.
     
    Craig Manoukian, Oct 8, 2004
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  9. GraviT

    GraviT Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Thanks for the tip. I gave it a burial at sea! [flush]

    I wonder why it died? I guess it could have been sick from go. I'm looking to buy another, but don't want to waste the cash if the next one will just croak also.

    Water conditions:

    Ph: 8.2
    Alk: 3.2 meq/l
    SG: 1.023
    Amm: 0
    Nitrite: 0
    Nitrate: <=10
    Temp range: 78.2 - 79.5

    The water seems great, so maybe it was sick?
     
    GraviT, Oct 8, 2004
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  10. amcarrig

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    Sorry to hear about that :( How did it look in the store? Fully inflated? Was it attached to anything? Were the tentacles sticky to the touch? Was the mouth nice and tight (behave) :)

    How did it act when you put it in the tank? Did it attach right away? Move around at all?
     
    amcarrig, Oct 8, 2004
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