Hey everyone I am new to this site as well as new to saltwater. I have been doing freshwater for 20yrs or so & decided it was finally time to get into saltwater. So I have had my 120gal up & running for a few months now & I just got a bubble tip anenome & was wondering what is the proper way to acclimate it. I currently have it on a drip. Thanks
Bubble tip acclimation
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Tethered_Limbs
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wow, keep dripping him. drip till the SG in the bucket matches the SG in your display. should take an ~hour. the drip doesnt need to be very fast, 3-4 drips a sec
Tethered_Limbs
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how long has the tank been up? what kind of flow? lights?
Tethered_Limbs
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still pretty new, but hopefully thats ok. besides your return pump do you have any other pumps in the tank? lights sound good
gonebad395
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Sounds good but in all reality you want to wait for anenomes for at least a year old established tank but good luck
Tethered_Limbs
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gently place it into a crevice or hole, and try and keep it there till its foot attaches. like keith said, your tank is still quite new, hope he does well.
Jep21
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Also after placing the anemone in the tank u should keep a close eye on it.. Nems are 50/50 if they dnt like the tank they dnt like it and if they like it they like it.. If its not doing to well after a couple days take it out of ur tank to prevent any damage to any fish inverts or corals
jm23
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I finally got my first nem (3 actually), I am using black egg-crate to corner them where I want them to be. I cut a few slots for the fish to swim through. So far so good, the larger rainbow nem was moving around a lot (even floated about within the egg-crate) and would bump up against the egg-crate, but has since settled down. The egg-crate to me is a great way to prevent them from becoming sushi in a powerhead, which the rainbow would have had I not had the egg-crate. Just an idea that worked for me. GL
CoralN00b
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My experience on this was completely different. When I got my first nem, I got it after about 6 months of my tank being up and running. I placed him in a bag and let him float, and i dropped some water in little by little every few minutes or so with a syringe. (I know, what a n00b)
After an hour, I put a little more water and then I placed him in the tank. Around 2 hours total. He stayed balled up for a while and bounced around my tank. After about 30 minutes he opened up just fine. The only issue I had was he moved around alot. He finally settled on my glass and opened up huge! After a year, he has grown at least 3 times in size.
He is the hardiest thing in my tank. Only him and my Diamond Watchman Goby survived my crash a few months ago. I love nems. Even though they move around alot, once they settle in they are great. Mine is getting too big for my tank so I need to move him on.
After an hour, I put a little more water and then I placed him in the tank. Around 2 hours total. He stayed balled up for a while and bounced around my tank. After about 30 minutes he opened up just fine. The only issue I had was he moved around alot. He finally settled on my glass and opened up huge! After a year, he has grown at least 3 times in size.
He is the hardiest thing in my tank. Only him and my Diamond Watchman Goby survived my crash a few months ago. I love nems. Even though they move around alot, once they settle in they are great. Mine is getting too big for my tank so I need to move him on.
madjoe
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wow acclimating bubble nems . I just chuck em in the tank stick it in a spot I want it and conditions seem right . sometimes they move sometimes they stay . I got rid of mine once my clowns were gone. good luck bubbles aren't to bad those dang carpet ones though man they can kill
oh yea ps im not telling u to do what I do im just stating what I do . I never lost one btw
oh yea ps im not telling u to do what I do im just stating what I do . I never lost one btw