anemone question

mricken1012 · 08-28-2007, 06:05 AM

I have a carpet anemone and about once or twice a day it will shrivel up and look like its going to die then it will get full again....Why? is their something wrong??

lcstorc · 08-28-2007, 07:57 AM

We need lots more info on your tank before even beginning to guess.
How old is the system? What filtration do you run? What are your water parameters? How long have you had the anemone? What are your lights?
Probably a lot more I am forgetting but that should get things started.

burning2nd · 08-28-2007, 08:54 AM

naw lynn you hit it on the head....

water perameters will be the best starting place... and then how long you have had it.. and what do you feed it?

Dentoid · 08-28-2007, 10:11 AM

One of the reasons any anemone purges water and refills is to equalize the osmotic pressure between its inside and out. If your anemone is doing this repeatedly it's possible that there are changing environmental factors that are causing your anemone to do this. The above questions are paramount to an understanding of why your anemone is inflating and deflating.

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mricken1012 Tunicate Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 View Gallery Karma Komment	anemone question I have a carpet anemone and about once or twice a day it will shrivel up and look like its going to die then it will get full again....Why? is their something wrong??

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lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: anemone question We need lots more info on your tank before even beginning to guess. How old is the system? What filtration do you run? What are your water parameters? How long have you had the anemone? What are your lights? Probably a lot more I am forgetting but that should get things started. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

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burning2nd Golden Moray Join Date: May 2006 Location: PA Posts: 2,287 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: anemone question naw lynn you hit it on the head.... water perameters will be the best starting place... and then how long you have had it.. and what do you feed it? __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

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