aqua-nut
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I have a bubble tip anemone in my 20 gallon cube at home with a mated pair of maroon clown fish.
Over the course of the last three months, I've watched the anemone shrink from an animal the size of my open hand to that of a nickel and remain that way.
It eats a piece of thawed clam or raw table shrimp every other day.
I do a 25% water change every three to four weeks, even though I built an ecosystem into the back of the tank.
I have a chiller and heater on the tank, and the temp stays between 76-79 degrees.
I have 200 watts of 50/50 corallife PC lighting in the tank. I keep the tank lit for 8 hours per day.
Water parameters are good. Calcium is 400 or so, and alkalinity is 12.
Got any input for me? I went to very expensive and time consuming lengths to set up a second tank at home (big one is at the office) to enjoy clowns and anemones in the evenings with my wife and golden retreiver. All I'm missing out on right now is the anemone... fish and dog are fine. Wife is not fine though... wants "a big, living shag rug" back in the tank so she can watch the clowns rub in it!
Over the course of the last three months, I've watched the anemone shrink from an animal the size of my open hand to that of a nickel and remain that way.
It eats a piece of thawed clam or raw table shrimp every other day.
I do a 25% water change every three to four weeks, even though I built an ecosystem into the back of the tank.
I have a chiller and heater on the tank, and the temp stays between 76-79 degrees.
I have 200 watts of 50/50 corallife PC lighting in the tank. I keep the tank lit for 8 hours per day.
Water parameters are good. Calcium is 400 or so, and alkalinity is 12.
Got any input for me? I went to very expensive and time consuming lengths to set up a second tank at home (big one is at the office) to enjoy clowns and anemones in the evenings with my wife and golden retreiver. All I'm missing out on right now is the anemone... fish and dog are fine. Wife is not fine though... wants "a big, living shag rug" back in the tank so she can watch the clowns rub in it!