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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    I missed having an anemone in the tank with 3 aquacultured clarkiis. My local LFS had a BTA on display which appeared very healthy. I couldn't resist it so I adopted it. My numbers have been good and the tank is stable so I thought it would be a safe bet. Well...the largest of the Clarkiis got...
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    Well... the anemone died quite suddendly. It appeared as if it deflated quite suddenly because of physical means. I was very upset as were the clown fish as well. The anemone was replaced with a torch coral which the clowns seem to take to much less but feed it and sleep with it at night. 3x...
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    Sipunculid

    I just discovered and ID'ed these worms (aka peanut worms) x 3 living in some holes in my live rock. They're kind of grotesque in the way they eat. Their mouths are extented thru their pharynx. Kinda like Alien. Yuchhhh! Sounds like they are OK to have. Any comments?
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    I have a 14g Nano-Cube with a 10,000 and a 24K actinic. I run them ~12hrs/day. Daily dosing with Bi-Iionic buffer. The color of the anmone is back and he is photosynthsizing well, I presume. Its tenticles which retracted are coming back. I know that the water changes are important as well as the...
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    The anemone is doing great. Nitrites are 0.1, pH 8.2. Up and runiing ~7 weeks so far. Using RO water.
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    Nitrites 0.5 NH4 0.0 Nitrates 0

    When I had freshwater tanks I learned that the least intrusive you are the better the stability of the tank. I never used heaters or additives and the tanks did well. I have reduced my water changes to 1 gal every other day and my nitrites are ~.15 and falling. My clarkii, barred moray and...
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    Nitrites 0.5 NH4 0.0 Nitrates 0

    It did read 0 across trhe board with LR and LS and that's why I stocked it. Now I'm kinda backpedaling. NO3 = 0, NO2= 0.2 (getting better; only did a 1/2 gal H2) change yesterday and checked it this AM) NH4= 0. I haven't cleaned the charcola/poly filter for about 4 days as I think that was also...
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    NO2 Is it important to monitor and keep under control in a marine aquarium?

    I have a 14gal nano with 3 clarki and a LTA. The NH4 and NO3 are 0 but the Nitrite level is 2.75. In retrospect, I now know it is overstocked and I was wondering if putting in some ofthe supplemental bacteria would help. I have done 1.5% water changes over the past 3 days and now I realize that...
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    Nitrites 0.5 NH4 0.0 Nitrates 0

    I just discovered another post in this forrum about Nitrospira sp. bacteria, responsible for converting nitrites to nitrates, takes longer to establish themselves. I had a hunch that my nano might be deficient at one of the levels so I raised the temp from 75.6 to 78. Do you think I should keep...
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    Nitrites 0.5 NH4 0.0 Nitrates 0

    Checked by the LFS and I also checked it using SeaChem MUltitest kit. The person at the store couldn't understand it either.
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    Nitrites 0.5 NH4 0.0 Nitrates 0

    I have been performing daily DI H20 changes (10-15%) and the nitrites are still there. Could it be that I'm missing some of those good bacteria for the ammonia cycle needs. I stopped rinsing my carbon - poly filter in tap water 3x days ago. Tank has an anemone that is getting better and 2 blennys,
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    Fortunately/unfortunately hindsight is 20:20. I have been doing twice weekly 1.5 gal water changes and the anemone is perking up. It was small when I purchased it and the LFS sales person did not advise against it knowing that it was for 1a 14 gal nano.
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    Thanks so much for the advice. I performed a 2x gal distilled H2O change yesterday. The test kit should arrive tomorrow (PH, alk, Nitrate, NH4). Regardless, I'm going to bring a sample to the LFS for testing. I'll see if I can get some RO/DI water from the store. Is there a chance that the...
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    Thanks for the post and your knowledgable insight is well taken. The anemone has been looking a little bit piqued over the past 2x days. Today I did a 2 x gal water change (distilled). Filtered H20 seems to promote green and brown (diatom) algae growth. I suppose the PO4 levels are too high...
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    Except for the copepod bloom everything seems fine. It went thru a diatomaceous bloom last week and has passed without any ill effects that I can see. The only other "fish: in there is a barred moray who eats shrimp and seems OK. It's a 14 gal nano and I will be getting a reef test kit for the...
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    I perform weekly H2O changes of 10% of the volume and have increased the temp. The tank is 4 weeks old today. The anemone appears healthy and is eating and pooping well.
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    I have about 15lbs of live rock and LS. The anemone has been eating well and appears to be in good shape. He is firmly planted and seems to be happy. I do weekly water changes of ~10% of the total volume. I hope I'm on the right track.
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    Since advised, I have been maintaining the temp @ 75.2F. The clarki looked healthy and energetic until I stirred up the sand. May have shocked him.
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    The clarki.
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    Roaming or Rolling LTA

    The LTA (Haitian/sand anemone) settled in a cove between 3 rocks which I filled with aragonite. I seems to be happy and eating well. It had hosted a clarki which subsequently died. I had stirred the sand too much and I think that was the cause.
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