Anemone Questions

[BigA]

Originally Posted by marie

Mine looked just like that when I got it last year.

It would easily be 12-14" if it was fully spread out and thats not including the tentacles

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

It looks like my sebae did when I first got it as well. My tomatoe clown hosted to it right away, It was love at first sight. Look really hard and you can see her in there lol.

So what did you guys do to get them looking that good? Was it hard to get the zooxanthellae back to that brownish point? Daily supplimental feedings?

[marie]

Originally Posted by BigA

So what did you guys do to get them looking that good? Was it hard to get the zooxanthellae back to that brownish point? Daily supplimental feedings?

Time was the biggest factor.In the begininning I fed mysis shrimp twice a week with the occasional feedings of raw clam, chunks of prawn and fish (whatever fishy thing I was having for dinner, before it was cooked of course )

Now I skip the mysis feedings and just feed it chunks of my fishy dinners (fed maybe twice a month?)

[whatcaneyedo]

At the time I was only running regular florescents (I was new and ignorant) but I fed the anemone krill or silversides every couple of days. Under that lighting it took a long time to color up and it only turned a light pink. Once I switched to metal halide it really darkened up to what you see in the picture. Like Marie said it took a long time to darken and looking back I think I was just lucky that it didnt die in my tank.

[BigA]

I have another question. Now the anemone has closed up a little, not all the way, and is expelling a white slimy substance. Does anyone know what that is? Is it a normal occurance?

[BigA]

Well, I think it was just expelling some waste. This morning it is opened up nice and big again.