yheartsp
11/29/2009, 10:45 PM
BEFORE
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/rossy.jpg
picture taken 23/9/2009
AFTER
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/28112009113.jpg
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/28112009114.jpg
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/28112009118.jpg
pictures taken 29/11/2009
( pictures shown are not when the anemone is at it's biggest, it is just getting ready to poop, however the point is the color of the anemone :P)
Details
This anemone has moved to a position with minimal light and flow, and has stayed there ever since i got it ( 2 months plus ). The anemone hosts a pair of maroon clownfish, ( female 3.5 inches and male 2 inches ) . It is housed in a 187 gallon tank with no corals near it.
Lighting : 2x250( 20k )w metal halide
Flow : around 24x turnover with vortech mp40w
water parameters
Salinity 1.025
calcium 460ppm
Alkalinity 9dkh
pH 8.2
Magnesium 1350ppm
Nitrates 0.1ppm
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
I do not test for phosphates but the last time i tested it was close to zero.
The anemone is fed piecies of shrimp / squid every 1 or 2 days.
Is it plausible that when i first introduce the anemone to my tank, it expelled it's zooxanthellae due to stress and light shock ( as it was under much weaker lighting at the LFS) , so it hid under the rock to hide from the light. But i continued feeding it every one or 2 days so it didnt feel the need to allocate much zooxanthellae inside anymore.
because if this is the case, i should probably cut down feeding to once a week or so?
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/rossy.jpg
picture taken 23/9/2009
AFTER
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/28112009113.jpg
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/28112009114.jpg
http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/yheartsp/28112009118.jpg
pictures taken 29/11/2009
( pictures shown are not when the anemone is at it's biggest, it is just getting ready to poop, however the point is the color of the anemone :P)
Details
This anemone has moved to a position with minimal light and flow, and has stayed there ever since i got it ( 2 months plus ). The anemone hosts a pair of maroon clownfish, ( female 3.5 inches and male 2 inches ) . It is housed in a 187 gallon tank with no corals near it.
Lighting : 2x250( 20k )w metal halide
Flow : around 24x turnover with vortech mp40w
water parameters
Salinity 1.025
calcium 460ppm
Alkalinity 9dkh
pH 8.2
Magnesium 1350ppm
Nitrates 0.1ppm
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
I do not test for phosphates but the last time i tested it was close to zero.
The anemone is fed piecies of shrimp / squid every 1 or 2 days.
Is it plausible that when i first introduce the anemone to my tank, it expelled it's zooxanthellae due to stress and light shock ( as it was under much weaker lighting at the LFS) , so it hid under the rock to hide from the light. But i continued feeding it every one or 2 days so it didnt feel the need to allocate much zooxanthellae inside anymore.
because if this is the case, i should probably cut down feeding to once a week or so?