kcurlsjr
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Added my first anemone two weeks ago, and now he is in the trash. Any insights into why and if I should try again will be greatly appreciated.
I have a 45 gal setup with 50lbs of LR and 35lbs of LS. My tank (my first venture into this hobby) has been up for about 8 months now. My lighting is 192 watts (2 x 96; daylight and actinic) compact fluorescent... I was informed this would be adequate, is this correct?
Scenario:
Added LTA that seemed pretty healthy in the LFS, no scrapes of his foot and even witnessed him eat before I bought him. Once I added him to my tank there was a brief spike in ammonia (remedied by adding bacteria-in-a-bottle, and confirmed with subsequent daily water testing) but other than that the water parameters were good and constant. He did not seem to settle in at first, as he roamed around half the tank for the first week or so. I became concerned when I found him upsidedown one morning. So about a week ago I figured I would facilitate by digging him a nice hole (about 4 inches) in the sand. After that he seemed to be OK. This morning he was all shrivel up and laying on his side. This afternoon he was still shriveled, half his foot had turned into a whitish mush, and he stunk like nothing I had ever smelled before.... now he is in the trash.
Where did I go wrong?
I have a 45 gal setup with 50lbs of LR and 35lbs of LS. My tank (my first venture into this hobby) has been up for about 8 months now. My lighting is 192 watts (2 x 96; daylight and actinic) compact fluorescent... I was informed this would be adequate, is this correct?
Scenario:
Added LTA that seemed pretty healthy in the LFS, no scrapes of his foot and even witnessed him eat before I bought him. Once I added him to my tank there was a brief spike in ammonia (remedied by adding bacteria-in-a-bottle, and confirmed with subsequent daily water testing) but other than that the water parameters were good and constant. He did not seem to settle in at first, as he roamed around half the tank for the first week or so. I became concerned when I found him upsidedown one morning. So about a week ago I figured I would facilitate by digging him a nice hole (about 4 inches) in the sand. After that he seemed to be OK. This morning he was all shrivel up and laying on his side. This afternoon he was still shriveled, half his foot had turned into a whitish mush, and he stunk like nothing I had ever smelled before.... now he is in the trash.
Where did I go wrong?