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| so, i was gone for work for three days and asked my girlfriend to take care of the tank. when i got home, the water was cloudy and stunk, particles floating all over, just a total mess. while cleaning it out and doing a water change ( at 1 am ) i found the cause, my sebae anemone has passed on and left a mess in its wake. chem readings were at toxic levels and it seemed that the fish were ok but a little more skittish than normal. i did a 10g water change and added some prime to the tank and hopefully this wont shock the bio filter. my tank is a 55g fish/invert. my nitrites,nitrates and ammonia is down a little but far from great. any suggestions?
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The only things I can suggest are water changes (and lots of them...daily testing and water changes when needed), and no more anemones for quite a while. If I remember right your tank is pretty new (not established well enough for an anemone), and lacking in light as well (forgive me if I am mixing it up with someone else's tank).
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| you've got it Hailey, thats me. i should be getting my T-5's in the mail today, well, according to the tracking E-mails it should be here today. im putting the final coat of stain on my DIY canopy and then installing the lights. i've done two water changes so far and the water looks a lot better, the fish look less stressed and i havnt lost any shrimp hermits or snails, all the fish are still swimming so all is well. i've changed the filter pads in the canaster filter and also replaced the carbon pad. im gonna take your advice and wait a long time before i add another anemone.:cool:
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Sounds like things are looking up. Just keep testing and doing water changes, and siphon up anything suspicious looking (like anemone parts...eeeewwwww :P ). Watch for an ammonia and nitrite spike because you removed filter media (not sure how old it was, but if it was colonized with bacteria you may have thrown away a lot of ammonia and nitrite converting bacteria). Good luck.
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| i only got rid of the top sponge in the filter. the one with all the old food and poo on it, it's only been there for about 2wks, i change them with every water change. there is bio media in the canaster filter to offset the frequent sponge cleanings and i also have an established bio / wet dry filter in place. thanks for the advice! on another note, i did finally get my T-5 fixture today. the canopy is on, the new lights are running on timers and to my supprise, this fixture also came with LED lunar lights, so i put those on a different timer for night hours.it looks great.
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And so passes another potentially hundreds of year old animal.  Doesn't it make more sense to do the research, attain the required level of experience, provide the needed enviroment and THEN (and only then) purchase the animal?
So many species, so little money!
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| I agree and will do so from now on. when i purchased the anemone, it was in a dark tank and looked healthy. One of the stores assossiates assured me it was an easy species to keep and didn't need much light. on that advice alone i made a poor purchase that nearly destroyed hundreds of dollars worth of fish/inverts/LR not to say that this anemone died needlessly.So I spoke with the owner of the store that I got the anemone from and told him about the bad advice i was given by one of his "good employees". he has agreed to speak with that individual and make sure he doesn't offer advice in the future if he is unsure himself about the animal or product. ( | | | |