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AdamSabina
09/21/2013, 11:45 AM
I've had my anemone for 3 months and it has literal doubled in size so I though it was happy. Today it disappeared?!?? Probably in the rock but why? It hasn't moved 1" till today.

Nitrates 5ppm
Alk 7.5 steady with kalkwasser
Calcium 380
Salinity 1.024

New addition peppermint shrimp
Shia
09/21/2013, 11:58 AM
I have seen some after years of staying in the same spot just get up and decide to take a walk. I know different shrimps and crabs can irritate BTA, not sure about peppermint shrimp. As long as color is great, still sticky, still taking food, and styaing inflated you are fine. Pictures would be great.
gixxerman
09/21/2013, 12:42 PM
It could be splitting. Mine will go into the rockwork split and come out in a couple of days...
AdamSabina
09/21/2013, 03:12 PM
I have seen some after years of staying in the same spot just get up and decide to take a walk. I know different shrimps and crabs can irritate BTA, not sure about peppermint shrimp. As long as color is great, still sticky, still taking food, and styaing inflated you are fine. Pictures would be great.

I would like to take pictures but it is completely gone... Thinking about disassembly of rock work just to find it. It was a very nice pink and getting quite large for the nano. It ate the day before the disappearance.
AdamSabina
09/21/2013, 03:14 PM
It could be splitting. Mine will go into the rockwork split and come out in a couple of days...

That's what I'm hoping for. It's only reason I haven't started disassembling the rock work. It's about 7 inches across. Is there a size the usually split?
gixxerman
09/21/2013, 03:41 PM
Yeah I would give it a couple of days. If it split it will need some time to heal. I don't think there really is a size when they split. I've seen all sizes split...
AdamSabina
09/21/2013, 04:04 PM
Found it




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Would not have thought it could fit there but... I would have been wrong.
monkeypie102
09/21/2013, 04:07 PM
I've read of peppermints that don't have enough apastia to hunt sometimes go for the good anemones... Maybe she was spooked?
AdamSabina
09/21/2013, 04:29 PM
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Coming out and looking good..


I have worried about the peppermint because my old one was a monster that had a taste for acans. But I see no visible damage.
AdamSabina
09/21/2013, 05:09 PM
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Mostly open. Everything is a tiny bit upset I just did a big water change. 20-25%. But BTA seems fairly happy
AdamSabina
09/21/2013, 10:03 PM
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Fully open and happy. Thanks for the advise everyone. Thankfully this time it was a false alarm.