meverha1
08/14/2017, 05:49 PM
Picked up a Green Corkscrew Anemone (M. Doreensis, I think) two days ago and I'm not sure how healthy it is.
I've tried burying it's foot in the sand a couple of times but each time it has decided to move to different areas of my tank. It's currently wedged between two rocks and doesn't seem to have it's foot buried.
Also, if you look closely at the picture below you can see that it's mouth is somewhat gaping. I did feed it a bit of shrimp yesterday and it accepted the food.
I have three other anemones in my tank - all small bubble tips that seem to be doing fine. The oldest of the three has been with me for 6 months and has doubled in size.
Tank info:
110 Gallon w/ 40 gallon sump
1.026 salinity with weekly 20 gallon water changes
Phosphate - 0 via salifert test kit
Nitrate - 10 via Red Sea test kit.
I dose alk/calk and run biopellets.
As you can see in the picture I'm dealing with a bit of a GHA issue which I'm trying to get under control with wet skimming and weekly water changes.
So, any thoughts on the anemone? Should I be worried about the gaping mouth and the fact that it hasn't decided to attach anyplace yet?
What can I do to help it out?
http://i.imgur.com/OjiYIER.jpg?1
I've tried burying it's foot in the sand a couple of times but each time it has decided to move to different areas of my tank. It's currently wedged between two rocks and doesn't seem to have it's foot buried.
Also, if you look closely at the picture below you can see that it's mouth is somewhat gaping. I did feed it a bit of shrimp yesterday and it accepted the food.
I have three other anemones in my tank - all small bubble tips that seem to be doing fine. The oldest of the three has been with me for 6 months and has doubled in size.
Tank info:
110 Gallon w/ 40 gallon sump
1.026 salinity with weekly 20 gallon water changes
Phosphate - 0 via salifert test kit
Nitrate - 10 via Red Sea test kit.
I dose alk/calk and run biopellets.
As you can see in the picture I'm dealing with a bit of a GHA issue which I'm trying to get under control with wet skimming and weekly water changes.
So, any thoughts on the anemone? Should I be worried about the gaping mouth and the fact that it hasn't decided to attach anyplace yet?
What can I do to help it out?
http://i.imgur.com/OjiYIER.jpg?1