BEFORE
picture taken 23/9/2009
AFTER
pictures taken 29/11/2009
( pictures shown are not when the anemone is at it's biggest, it is just getting ready to poop, however the point is the color of the anemone
)
Details
This anemone has moved to a position with minimal light and flow, and has stayed there ever since i got it ( 2 months plus ). The anemone hosts a pair of maroon clownfish, ( female 3.5 inches and male 2 inches ) . It is housed in a 187 gallon tank with no corals near it.
Lighting : 2x250( 20k )w metal halide
Flow : around 24x turnover with vortech mp40w
water parameters
Salinity 1.025
calcium 460ppm
Alkalinity 9dkh
pH 8.2
Magnesium 1350ppm
Nitrates 0.1ppm
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
I do not test for phosphates but the last time i tested it was close to zero.
The anemone is fed piecies of shrimp / squid every 1 or 2 days.
Is it plausible that when i first introduce the anemone to my tank, it expelled it's zooxanthellae due to stress and light shock ( as it was under much weaker lighting at the LFS) , so it hid under the rock to hide from the light. But i continued feeding it every one or 2 days so it didnt feel the need to allocate much zooxanthellae inside anymore.
because if this is the case, i should probably cut down feeding to once a week or so?
picture taken 23/9/2009
AFTER
pictures taken 29/11/2009
( pictures shown are not when the anemone is at it's biggest, it is just getting ready to poop, however the point is the color of the anemone
)Details
This anemone has moved to a position with minimal light and flow, and has stayed there ever since i got it ( 2 months plus ). The anemone hosts a pair of maroon clownfish, ( female 3.5 inches and male 2 inches ) . It is housed in a 187 gallon tank with no corals near it.
Lighting : 2x250( 20k )w metal halide
Flow : around 24x turnover with vortech mp40w
water parameters
Salinity 1.025
calcium 460ppm
Alkalinity 9dkh
pH 8.2
Magnesium 1350ppm
Nitrates 0.1ppm
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
I do not test for phosphates but the last time i tested it was close to zero.
The anemone is fed piecies of shrimp / squid every 1 or 2 days.
Is it plausible that when i first introduce the anemone to my tank, it expelled it's zooxanthellae due to stress and light shock ( as it was under much weaker lighting at the LFS) , so it hid under the rock to hide from the light. But i continued feeding it every one or 2 days so it didnt feel the need to allocate much zooxanthellae inside anymore.
because if this is the case, i should probably cut down feeding to once a week or so?
