It's been quite a while since I last posted - almost 2 months. Between the holidays and traveling, I haven't had much of a chance.
When I last posted in early December, my 1 week old green bubble tip anenome had been shredded by one of my powerheads and was scattered in small bits throughout the tank. Thanks to all who offered advice for cleaning up the mess and their condolensces. Nothing bad came of the incident - no ammonia spike and no poisoned fish or invertebrates. After this episode, I removed the offending powerhead and also the 2 Magdrive 700 pumps that provided flow in my tank, and replaced all that with my original BlueLine 70 external pump. This was my original pump that I didn't like because the output was too high and the tank sounded like a dishwasher constantly running. I discovered by reducing the diameter of my return tubing from 1" and 3/4" to 5/8", the noise was dramatically reduced, and the flow was at a good rate.
Anyway, 3 weeks ago I decided to get a sebae anenome. I was concerned when I got it because it was bleached white (with purple dots on the tentacle tips), and this is a sign of an unhappy anenome. The anenome seemed to settle in fine. (This was the new "life.") The first time I hand fed it, which was the day after I got it, my yellow tang evidently didn't know what an anenome was, and tried to steal the food from the tentacles. I think it must have been stung on the snout, because the next day it stopped eating, and a few days later it died (this was the "death").
The day after my tang died, I was looking carefull at my tank like I always do, and on the back side of my live rock in a crevice, I noticed these green bubble tip tentacles. Evidently, a piece of my original green bubble tip anenome survived the pureeing, and regenerated itself. I was (and still am) amazed. It's been 2 months since I thought it had been killed, and although it is a fraction of its original size, it appears to be healthy and growing (this is the "life again"). The only bad thing is that where it's located, I can't feed it, so I have to hope it's getting all it needs from the water and photosynthesis.
When I last posted in early December, my 1 week old green bubble tip anenome had been shredded by one of my powerheads and was scattered in small bits throughout the tank. Thanks to all who offered advice for cleaning up the mess and their condolensces. Nothing bad came of the incident - no ammonia spike and no poisoned fish or invertebrates. After this episode, I removed the offending powerhead and also the 2 Magdrive 700 pumps that provided flow in my tank, and replaced all that with my original BlueLine 70 external pump. This was my original pump that I didn't like because the output was too high and the tank sounded like a dishwasher constantly running. I discovered by reducing the diameter of my return tubing from 1" and 3/4" to 5/8", the noise was dramatically reduced, and the flow was at a good rate.
Anyway, 3 weeks ago I decided to get a sebae anenome. I was concerned when I got it because it was bleached white (with purple dots on the tentacle tips), and this is a sign of an unhappy anenome. The anenome seemed to settle in fine. (This was the new "life.") The first time I hand fed it, which was the day after I got it, my yellow tang evidently didn't know what an anenome was, and tried to steal the food from the tentacles. I think it must have been stung on the snout, because the next day it stopped eating, and a few days later it died (this was the "death").
The day after my tang died, I was looking carefull at my tank like I always do, and on the back side of my live rock in a crevice, I noticed these green bubble tip tentacles. Evidently, a piece of my original green bubble tip anenome survived the pureeing, and regenerated itself. I was (and still am) amazed. It's been 2 months since I thought it had been killed, and although it is a fraction of its original size, it appears to be healthy and growing (this is the "life again"). The only bad thing is that where it's located, I can't feed it, so I have to hope it's getting all it needs from the water and photosynthesis.
