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Posted: July 11 2011 at 9:12pm |
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What kind of anemone is it? What condition is it in? What lights do you have? These are all factors. In my experience, bubble tips can be really finicky about finding the perfect spot. LTAs are a little more reasonable. Both like lots of light. BTAs - some like lots of direct flow, some like less. Many BTAs like light that's heavy on the blue part of the spectrum. LTAs like medium flow at best, and generally prefer a good deep sand bed to bury their column.
Anyway, I don't know if that's much help. Bottom line is: anemones are cool but can be brats to deal with. I have a RBTA that was dying and I juiced it with Aiptasia X and it disappeared into the rock, only to reappear 6 months later on the other side. good times.
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Posted: July 11 2011 at 9:47am |
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^Yeah that is a pretty playful little clown.
Unfortunately the other Clown finally died from starvation. I continued with live brine etc, but he just wouldn't eat enough to change the situation.
Anyone have any good ideas on how to get my anemone to anchor? He seems to keep getting sucked into the powerheads stuck to the housing. I turned them all off over night, but he still wont anchor anywhere. I am more worried about keeping flow in the tank than I am about the anemone, so I can't just leave everything off.
Ideas?
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Posted: July 10 2011 at 1:53pm |
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Posted: July 10 2011 at 1:20pm |
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Posted: July 09 2011 at 10:31pm |
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thats a good place to be better then 1022 you had posted earlier I wouldnt let it get below 1.022
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Posted: July 09 2011 at 10:17pm |
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Posted: July 09 2011 at 10:07pm |
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what are you trying to keep your salinity at seems on the low side I prefer 1.026
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Posted: July 09 2011 at 9:40pm |
Apparently coral>anemone :( 
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Posted: June 29 2011 at 10:12am |
Ok a couple of new tenants.   (Both fish combined are maybe 1.5 inches long)
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Posted: June 27 2011 at 9:28am |
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Yeah, I think the front view is a bit deceptive/ makes it look like there is a lot less open sand etc. From above you can really see the battle field!
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Posted: June 26 2011 at 6:43pm |
looks like a lot of swimming space 
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75gal sps dominated reef.
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Posted: June 26 2011 at 2:23pm |
Ok well after some slight tweaking based on the opinions of members on the forum as well as my wife, here is how the tank will stay set up at least until I buy more rock. Front:  Top (to give you an idea on depth): 
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Posted: June 22 2011 at 5:58pm |
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I want to move the primo stuff around on the right still. Also I need pictures to show the depth of the scaping I think. More to come.
Also, if that is a mantis it is tiny, we are talking about a hole the size of the 0 on your keyboard, and maybe a tiny bit bigger.
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Posted: June 22 2011 at 5:40pm |
It could be a pistol or mantis shrimp pushing out all of that junk. With live rock like that it could be either one. Do you hear a popping noise in the tank? If so it could be either one, but it would be a good idea to trap it to make sure it is not a mantis shrimp. If it is a mantis shrimp they can kill snails, crabs, and even fish. Also if it is a mantis there is probably someone on the board that wants it if you don't.
As far as your aquascape, it looks okay. I would have tried to have more open sand, but it still looks good. Also that primo rock looks really nice.
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Posted: June 22 2011 at 4:23pm |
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Thanks. I might add some rocks to the right side. Also the L shape behind those rocks is big enough for the magnet cleaner to fit, so I would imagine a tang could just hid behind the whole stack.
I looked at the hole and it appears there is some crustacean in a hole above that sponge looking thing. I saw it adjusting a rock to use as a door up there.
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Posted: June 22 2011 at 3:47pm |
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I like the scape. I never like it symetrical.
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Posted: June 22 2011 at 2:33pm |
my guess is that is a sponge it comes out of the black part right? I would spread that left group of rocks out a bit. looks like there are not very many big gaps that tangs can go into to hide. how does the sump look now?
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75gal sps dominated reef.
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Posted: June 21 2011 at 11:27pm |
Ok, after the flood I decided to break it all down and get the water out of the floor. I think the way it is now, it will stay for a long time. I'm not 100% sure on my sea scaping, but i didn't want it to just look like a geometric figure sitting in the middle of the tank. I wanted it to look a bit more natural, so you will have to let me know what you think.  Also can anyone tell me what this thing is living on the front of the rock in this video? I am thinking maybe this is the same thing that squirted me with water when I pulled the rock out for the move? I was able to get a video of his little geyser show. He just did this about 5 times in a row: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kutd5PzV6U
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Posted: June 21 2011 at 10:33pm |
Today's Tank Data:
PH- 8.0
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite- 0
Nitrate- 20
Salinity- 1.022
So my Ammonia and Nitrite both went up then back to 0. It looks like Nitrate is on its way down as well. Good?
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Posted: June 21 2011 at 9:23am |
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^Thanks for the great tips! I actually re-scaped it this past weekend because I needed to move the tank/ rebuild the sump. I now have a small refugium in the sump as well.
I will hopefully be getting lighting soon and be through the cycle as well. My skimmer is working wonderfully now with the new sump. It allows the water to be much deeper. I can't wait for the day when I get a 200g tank and can make the current tank into a refugium :)
I did have to start killing off Aiptasia yesterday. Those Primo rocks have already produced at least three, and it seems like they keep popping up. I threw some Peppermint shrimp in as well.
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