Is my Anemone ok?

[Coralgurl]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Ya you should definatly do your own research before hand.

Tgere are better stores than wais in calgary as well for advice, stock, and prices.

Wais is a good store for experienced reefers, or ones that do their research before buying, its definitely not a good one for impulse buys!!
I've seen many a bleached nem in almost every store in the city, especially the sebaes.

I like Wais as he brings in varied corals that you likely wont see anywhere else, but he sure gets you on the pricing. I tested him on a coral I bought almost 2 years ago, thought maybe he gouged me as I was a noob, but his pricing was identical. You just need to know what you are looking at and what's reasonable to you may not be to someone else.

Good job on getting your nem healthy again!

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Wais is a good store for experienced reefers, or ones that do their research before buying, its definitely not a good one for impulse buys!!
I've seen many a bleached nem in almost every store in the city, especially the sebaes.

I like Wais as he brings in varied corals that you likely wont see anywhere else, but he sure gets you on the pricing. I tested him on a coral I bought almost 2 years ago, thought maybe he gouged me as I was a noob, but his pricing was identical. You just need to know what you are looking at and what's reasonable to you may not be to someone else.

Good job on getting your nem healthy again!

If you say so.

[tobysmurf]

"Annie" attached itself to the back of my largest Trochus snail early this morning. I felt so bad for the poor snail as it was pretty much trapped (it was strong enough to pull the anemone but just barely). I forced the anemone off and put it on the glass of my tank - it's now healthy enough to attach to things!



It's getting a bit more brown too which I like. It seems to enjoy munching on silversides!

If folks think it is healthy then I can finally look towards putting more in the tank. I didn't want to add anything while I was focusing on this poor creature's health.

[tobysmurf]

Wai's pricing is generally not good although the clowns seemed pretty inexpensive to me (17 ea for true percs). His coral is beautiful however, I think anyone who hasn't been there should come in just to look at the coral selection if nothing else.

[michaelis88]

this is bleached, try find a way to recover it or try bring back to the store.
Sand Anemone? Ive seen lots of sand anemone, but not one like this. Sand Anemones are more darker color like little tanned and not as white as yours. Maybe your lfs lied to you, Im sure your lfs knows how to tell differents

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by michaelis88

this is bleached, try find a way to recover it or try bring back to the store.
Sand Anemone? Ive seen lots of sand anemone, but not one like this. Sand Anemones are more darker color like little tanned and not as white as yours. Maybe your lfs lied to you, Im sure your lfs knows how to tell differents

Fwiw its a LTA, as mentioned they prefer sand to bury their foot.being bleached doesn't mean the end of the world anyone who has experience with anemones can tell you they get color back fast considering this anemone isn't fully bleached, fully bleached and you can almost see right through it.

[michaelis88]

Originally Posted by reefwars

Fwiw its a LTA, as mentioned they prefer sand to bury their foot.being bleached doesn't mean the end of the world anyone who has experience with anemones can tell you they get color back fast considering this anemone isn't fully bleached, fully bleached and you can almost see right through it.

Well, does it still grab food or no?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by michaelis88

Well, does it still grab food or no?

how do i know i dont own it lol

[michaelis88]

Originally Posted by reefwars

how do i know i dont own it lol

I thought it was its since u replied to me. But anyways, it's its ratting, that a still good sign right? If not, u know what can happen

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by michaelis88

I thought it was its since u replied to me. But anyways, it's its ratting, that a still good sign right? If not, u know what can happen

i replied cause you were kinda wrong, and i mean no offense, its fact most long tentacle anemones prefer sand to bury their foot in so they can be considered a sand anemone although they need not be found only in the sand.

i honestly have no idea what ratting is ??

if its eating then it should make a come around, if its foot grabs and it doesnt turn its self inside out it will recover rather quickly provided you have good water quality and strong lighting.

i took a 100% bleached lta about two years ago and had it full purple within six months , daily feedings of mysis and strong lighting.

like madreefer mentioned once its healthy you need not feed it at all, it will benefit from it but anemones are prey capturing animals and they find a way to get food both from your tank and through proper lighting.

its actually not uncommon to find lta's bleached in lfs as they rarely get the lighting they need untill they hit an aquarium and most lfs rarely target feed anything let alone every few days


cheers