1967type1 Posted May 14, 2018 not a 100% sure its aiptasia. It usually doesn't hay white tentacles like this little guy. Do you have any other anemones? If so it could be a baby or a hitch-hiker from a frag or a rock thats just doing its own little thing. Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted May 14, 2018 dosnt look like aiptasia, maybe some baby nem, if you bought that in a tank with other nems, probly a baby of that Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 14, 2018 I got it as part of a science project. I selected it because it looked different, so maybe it IS something else. I have 2, the other is brownish with stringy tentacles, probably a real aiptasia. What does this one look like? I think you guys are right, it certainly doesn't look like aiptasia Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 14, 2018 Should I be worried, or is that normal behaviour? His tentacles are thinner now Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 14, 2018 I ran out of ammonia tests, is this a sign of ammonia poisoning? I'm getting some tomorrow... Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted May 15, 2018 you could see in the timelaps, his foot perks up a bit. so he is probly walking Quote Link to comment
holy carp Posted May 15, 2018 How big is it? To me it looks very much like the anemones the pom pom crabs carry. Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 1 cm diameter when this video was taken, a little smaller now Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 His tentacles are sort of limp and hanging and he's very blob shaped now. He's surrounded by filaments of something. But he's moving. Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 Also, unrelated, would an algae culture have any bacteria to speed up the cycling process? Quote Link to comment
ihglifelol Posted May 15, 2018 are you feeding it, check your paramiters, get some algae Quote Link to comment
holy carp Posted May 15, 2018 get some rock or a sponge filter from an established aquarium to manage any ammonia. Your bioload should be small, so it would be enough like setting up a temp QT tank. Feed it a little something. Given its color, it doesn't look photosynthetic. I'd try spot feeding some cyclops or similar. I'd go for frozen, but small .5mm pellets might work. If it's shrinking the trick will be getting it to eat. good luck! Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 Can't figure out what those stringy things are. Did a water change. Would freshwater have beneficial bacteria? Quote Link to comment
holy carp Posted May 15, 2018 That level of Ammonia is deadly. You can't cycle anything like this with live animals in it. You will need clean saltwater (newly mixed or from an established tank) and some media that is already populated with the bacteria you need (a sponge filter currently in use, a decent sized piece live rock, or a few pounds of sand) The stringy stuff in the picture is probably the anemone trying desperately to protect itself from ammonia with mucous. What else is in this tank? That little thing wouldn't produce much ammonia, so there must be other animals or a lot of feeding... Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 It was an ecosphere. I got it for a science project, and there were brine shrimp in it. It stung all of them (?), and I guess I didn't fish all of them out. I've done a 50% water change and I'll do another tomorrow. The anemone is in a petri dish with clean saltwater. Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 We didn't have a choice on when to stock it, so I didn't have a chance to cycle it. None of my friends have saltwater, but I have a small freshwater setup. It doesn't have any animals though. It's planted. I also live near a lake. Could I add a bit of water from any of these sources to kickstart cycling? Quote Link to comment
holy carp Posted May 15, 2018 Only use saltwater for water changes. Freshwater would dilute the salinity. Preferably distilled or RODI would be best for topping off evaporation. If the salinity is too low it would kill the anemone. You probably should keep it close to natural seawater salinity. Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it. Oh sorry I meant I topped it off with saltwater Quote Link to comment
hoodle Posted May 15, 2018 I'm just saying I only have access to freshwater bacteria, and I don't know if I should add a few drops Quote Link to comment
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