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sidneybrooksjr
12/05/2006, 06:56 PM
I just noticed some brown stuff coming out of the mouth of my lta. Is this waste? Is the common? Please advise mee im a newbie?

davocean
12/05/2006, 07:10 PM
I've never seen that from mine in 5 years.
I see you restarted your tank.
Nems need good water quality and a fairly established tank.
How old is tank?
Got pics?

sidneybrooksjr
12/05/2006, 07:22 PM
The tank was restarted in june. I had a fowlr b4 that and i had a clown trigger, blue line trigger and harlequin tusk. Something wiped out the whole tank. So i let the tank lay dormant for about 8 months, just water changes, skimming and powerheads between time. I started in june and kept two damsels until november. I placed two tomato clowns that were tank rasised. Just added the nems over the last two weeks. LTA and BTA. My params are good. Two coralife t'5's and Coralife PC 96w. single strip, dayling and atinic.

sidneybrooksjr
12/05/2006, 07:25 PM
davocean, i posted this same thread in the new to the hobby forum and someone said that he is expelling waste and it happens about once a week/

davocean
12/05/2006, 07:41 PM
I saw that.
The only thing I've ever seen coming from my nems is a little mucus like stuff when they've been disturbed.
Wait for a couple more comments as experiences may vary, but I'm pretty sure in 5 years I would have seen that(unless my nems poop at night!)

sidneybrooksjr
12/05/2006, 08:05 PM
thanks davocean

apayne
12/05/2006, 08:35 PM
My lta and bta "poop" about 2-3 days after I feed them.
Check out this site:

http://www.karensroseanemones.com/index.htm

Good luck
Aaron

Reef4Fun
12/05/2006, 11:23 PM
normal, I have 4 nems and they all do that