I need help with my tank

[titorotary]

OK i got a big question. i got a 55 gallon tank,i got @ 30 pounds of live rock, im still starting, i bought a tube anemonie with long tentacules about a week ago. i had 5 different kind of fish and two lionfish,one anemonie,tube anemonie(new one), purple lobster, cleaning shrimp, few snails. ok and on the past 4 days i got 5 dead fish. my water levels are normal. does anyone know about this tube anemonie? cause im 90% sure it was the anemonie. Please some one help me. THANK YOU

 

[mr_X]

how old is this tank? how do you acclimate your fish?
i don't think it was the tube anemone. meanwhile, you can't keep lionfish with shrimp. he will eat them.
here is some info for you-
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/tubeanem.htm

 

[Anonymous]

No need to bold type or make multiple post.


You need to give mor information. Like Mr. X asked, How old is the tank. What are the water parameters (SG, temp, Ph, etc). I serrriously doubt the anemone is the culprit.

 

[titorotary]

ok first if i write on bold i dont think thats a problem,double post that was an accident(click submit twice) now if you want to be an ass about it keep it for your self. OK Mr. X the tank is @ 4 months old, all my readings are ammonia 0, ph 8.0-8.2,nitrate 0, nitrite 0. And today my clown and chromie are dead, they have marks like it was wip. Like i said everything was fine until i put that anemonie on the tank. Its been a week and all my fish are dead. If im doing something wrong i thank the help.

 

[mr_X]

whip marks? then this will be the first case i have heard of.
what an effective predator, if in fact it is the anemone.

where are you keeping your salinity?

 

[Ef3s]

i got a 55 gallon tank,i got @ 30 pounds of live rock, im still starting

4 months isn't really stilll starting?

You HAD 2 lionfishes are they still alive? Perhaps this predator is the one killing your peaceful reef fish...?

 

[Anonymous]

ok first if i write on bold i dont think thats a problem,double post that was an accident(click submit twice) now if you want to be an ass about it keep it for your self. .

First off, Wazz is a Mod here, and a nice guy to boot. If you want people to help you and pass along knowledge, drop the attitude, he was only trying to help you.

Now that having been said, if you read the link MrX thoughfully provided you, it will tell you all you need to know. You will see they do indeed sting other animals and fling nematocyts, especially if they are unhappy in their surroundings. Most aquarists keep them in special tanks for that reason. That anemone should have its foot buried in the substrate as an anchorage. But from the looks of your tank it has coarse substrate which is why it hasn't burrowed, secreted a tube and settled in. They do prefer fine grain sand as a substrate. So, it's going to drift around and sting anything it encounters.

My advice? One of three choices. Setup a species tank for it with a substrate it will be happy with and suitable tankmates, keep it where it is and resign yourself to it stinging other inhabitants, or take it back to the LFS.