I've had this Long Tentacle Anemone for about 4 weeks ago. Has been doing fine. Water parameters are normal (Hardness = 420, Alk = 8dkh, Nitrites < .25, PO4 <.25, Sal = 1.025, temp 78)
On Sunday I fed it a small shrimp from my grocery (washed it and cut it into smaller pieces)
It moved itself 1 day after I originally placed it and has pretty much stayed there until this morning. I found it detached from the sand and was just laying on the top of the sand.
I gently moved it back between the 2 rocks it had been between and placed it on the sand bed.
Came home tonight and found it all tucked in - see pictures. Is it dying? I've heard that a dead anemone in a tank can cause havoc? OR is it just deflated cause its getting ready to expel what it ate on Sunday - I've read they do this????
All other livestock doing fine - Derma clam, zoas, BTA, Frog spawn, fish
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On Sunday I fed it a small shrimp from my grocery (washed it and cut it into smaller pieces)
It moved itself 1 day after I originally placed it and has pretty much stayed there until this morning. I found it detached from the sand and was just laying on the top of the sand.
I gently moved it back between the 2 rocks it had been between and placed it on the sand bed.
Came home tonight and found it all tucked in - see pictures. Is it dying? I've heard that a dead anemone in a tank can cause havoc? OR is it just deflated cause its getting ready to expel what it ate on Sunday - I've read they do this????
All other livestock doing fine - Derma clam, zoas, BTA, Frog spawn, fish
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