Is my nem getting ready to split?

JayBauman · 08/02/2018, 07:57 PM

This is my first anemone, so I'm learning as I go. I've had him about a week, and he hasn't attached to anywhere on top of the rock. He's happy to stay planted in the sand against a rock. Occasionally I see him closed up, but mostly he's wide open and fully-colored (the picture doesn't do justice). I fed a bit of brine shrimp earlier (my first feeding) and he seems to have taken it.

My nem is sitting in a bit of a figure 8 shape. Does it look like he might split?

Temp 78°-79°
Salinity 1.026
Ammonia, Nitrite 0
Nitrate <10 (usually near 0)
pH 8.2
alkalinity 180
calcium 400
phosphate ranges between 0 and 0.25

Sugar Magnolia · 08/03/2018, 11:55 AM

Can you get some pictures with your blue lights off? It's really hard to judge the health of a nem when you can't see it's true color.

aznflyfisherman · 08/03/2018, 02:28 PM

I don’t think it’s splitting just the shape of it as it sits against the rock n sand. But I do think your bta maybe bleached to me and I would feed it mysis instead of brine shrimp once a week.

08/02/2018, 07:57 PM	#1
JayBauman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Houston TX Posts: 9	Is my nem getting ready to split? This is my first anemone, so I'm learning as I go. I've had him about a week, and he hasn't attached to anywhere on top of the rock. He's happy to stay planted in the sand against a rock. Occasionally I see him closed up, but mostly he's wide open and fully-colored (the picture doesn't do justice). I fed a bit of brine shrimp earlier (my first feeding) and he seems to have taken it. My nem is sitting in a bit of a figure 8 shape. Does it look like he might split? Temp 78°-79° Salinity 1.026 Ammonia, Nitrite 0 Nitrate <10 (usually near 0) pH 8.2 alkalinity 180 calcium 400 phosphate ranges between 0 and 0.25 __________________ 90 gallon tank 2x AI Hydra 26 HD, Reef Octopus 110 skimmer 2 clownfish, 1 damsel, 2 diamond goby, a coral beauty angel, and a sailfin tang Assorted zoanthids and other hardy beginner corals....

08/03/2018, 11:55 AM	#2
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Can you get some pictures with your blue lights off? It's really hard to judge the health of a nem when you can't see it's true color. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

08/03/2018, 02:28 PM	#3
aznflyfisherman Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 957	I don’t think it’s splitting just the shape of it as it sits against the rock n sand. But I do think your bta maybe bleached to me and I would feed it mysis instead of brine shrimp once a week.