I've been looking through every thread on bubble tip anemone I can find, but I want to be sure I'm not missing something.
Display tank is not ready, so BTA are in a quarantine tank with some crabs and snails. The looked so sad when they came out of shipping, then they looked great for all of 5 minutes before wilting. Now they're closing up and I don't know what else I can do. The clown fish in a different quarantine tank are fine, the crabs and snails with the anemone are fine, but these guys can't seem to get started.
Quarantine tank parameters:
Temp: 78 F
Salinity: 1.026
Here's the timeline
- Received Jan 19, Day 1, picture 1 with piece of coral
- Took them out of shipping container, floated them to match the temperature, put them in a bucket of sand in the quarantine tank
- Jan 20, Day 2, they're full and one floated around for a second before landing back in the sand and reattaching to a rock. Picture 2 where they look good.
- Ever since then, they've gone down hill.
- Jan 24, Day 6, Added the crabs and snails, no one was messing with the BTA. Picture 3 of full tank.
- Jan 25, Day 8, They're all sad looking and droopy. I turned the powerhead off while I fed the crabs and some of the brine and mysis shrimp landed on their tentacles and it looked like they pushed it into their mouth. I ate dinner and looked back after an hour and all of a sudden they're headed towards being completely closed up. Picture 4.
I fed them when they were alone in the tank and they didn't droop after feeding. I switched the light from high power LED to a softer incandescent in case it was too much light. I added the powerhead on day 2 after they were attached to their rocks, and they seemed to like the increased flow.
Now that there are crabs in the tank I'm not worried about overfeeding, but other than switching the light back to what it was, I don't know any other factors I can change to help them along. I thought the fish were going to be harder to take care of lol but they're swimming happy and the anemone are sulking.
Thanks for any help you can offer, it's my first tank, but my partner in crime's second reef tank.
Display tank is not ready, so BTA are in a quarantine tank with some crabs and snails. The looked so sad when they came out of shipping, then they looked great for all of 5 minutes before wilting. Now they're closing up and I don't know what else I can do. The clown fish in a different quarantine tank are fine, the crabs and snails with the anemone are fine, but these guys can't seem to get started.
Quarantine tank parameters:
Temp: 78 F
Salinity: 1.026
Here's the timeline
- Received Jan 19, Day 1, picture 1 with piece of coral
- Took them out of shipping container, floated them to match the temperature, put them in a bucket of sand in the quarantine tank
- Jan 20, Day 2, they're full and one floated around for a second before landing back in the sand and reattaching to a rock. Picture 2 where they look good.
- Ever since then, they've gone down hill.
- Jan 24, Day 6, Added the crabs and snails, no one was messing with the BTA. Picture 3 of full tank.
- Jan 25, Day 8, They're all sad looking and droopy. I turned the powerhead off while I fed the crabs and some of the brine and mysis shrimp landed on their tentacles and it looked like they pushed it into their mouth. I ate dinner and looked back after an hour and all of a sudden they're headed towards being completely closed up. Picture 4.
I fed them when they were alone in the tank and they didn't droop after feeding. I switched the light from high power LED to a softer incandescent in case it was too much light. I added the powerhead on day 2 after they were attached to their rocks, and they seemed to like the increased flow.
Now that there are crabs in the tank I'm not worried about overfeeding, but other than switching the light back to what it was, I don't know any other factors I can change to help them along. I thought the fish were going to be harder to take care of lol but they're swimming happy and the anemone are sulking.
Thanks for any help you can offer, it's my first tank, but my partner in crime's second reef tank.