anemone wont grow!!!!

[returnofsid]

If you're doing regular water changes, your calcium won't drop down that low at all. 390-400 is actually a little above natural sea water levels of calcium. No, the soft corals do not use calcium at all, neither does your anemone. Whether or not they will thrive in water without calcium is a moot point because doing regular water changes will keep your calcium consistent.

If your calcium is dropping that low, you need to do water changes more often. The salt you use has calcium in it. The amount of calcium will vary according to the brand you're using. However, all the brands will have enough calcium to keep your tank inhabitants healthy, as long as you're doing water changes regularly.

Being in Palm Springs, why don't you just go to your LFS, or any other LFS in the area and purchase Salifert test kits. I'm sure there's several in your area that carry them. This entire thread is somewhat useless without accurate test results....and if you aren't going to take the advice that's given to you.

I don't mean to be blunt, but you came here asking advice. Several people have given you the same advice over and over again. Yet you still seem to think that those answers aren't the proper ones.

It's quite simple...if you're giving your tank inhabitants the proper environment to thrive in, they'll thrive. If you aren't giving them the proper environment, you need to make changes. If you don't know what the proper environment is, you need to learn those things...preferably before purchasing the livestock.

 

[Maxx]

nick i have read the concientus marine aquarist

as well asaquarium corals selection husbandry and natural history

the new marine aquarium

the marine aquarium encyclopedia.

a pocket guide to marine inverts and marine fishes

marine biology by peter castro

as well as many others i cant think of off the top of my head.

you see nick i have a horrendous memory problem when it comes to terms.
i sound like a complete moron (and i very well may be) but i do know more than what is portrayed in what i write on this blog. as for the anemone

and when you said that they dont need it any way shape or form, that isn't true.
all corals, even those who dont buid a skeleton can benefit from stable calcium levels. if you take aptasia and put it in a saltwater mixture with little calcium than it will not ' thrive' as you said.

Tommy, I know the human body uses calcium ions to open calcium channels to move muscles, not so sure about what elements are used by anemones/cnidarians to open/close their pathways. My point was that the anemone doesnt have any calcareous structures therefore doesnt need calcium to the extent that you should be dosing it. Regular water changes should suffice for its needs. Yes, stabel calcium levels are indicitive of a stable tank, therefore, stable calcium levels are needed for keeping an anemone.

as for the experience and knowledge for, would it have been better of me to allow the anemone into a tank with file fish???

the anemone started out in bad condition. (like it is now) the tasseled file fish would have torn it to shreds) the pet stores wouldn't take it near death because it meant they were running the risk of it melting on them and killing their other inhabitants (their money source)


and were i live (off of the atlantic) clownfish hosting anemones like bta's arent native, how irresponsible would it have been if i had let it go? i honestly had no where else to turn, i thought of putting it up for adoption, but those who had the right set up and were able to take it were either too worried about it melting or told me that i was better off throwig it out in that state because of the risk it ran.

i looked for other ways out, unfortunately their were non forthcoming. then when it started getting better obviusly i was doing something right.

then the cursed not so salt water incident occured and it hasn't recovered.

so dont try and make me feel guilty like i just got one for the heck of it. if it were up to me almost no one would have an anemone because they would all have to be aquacultured. i dont particularly like the idea of anemones in the aquarium but i dislike the idea of throwing a live animal out in the sun because it might not survive. that would be like drowning a baby because it has cancer. ( doesn't have to be a baby but you get my drift.


i'm just trying to do right by this anemone.....tahts all

I realize you didnt buy this anemone from a store....but if you've had it for several months, I would have hoped you'd have done some studying up on its needs. I'm not trying to make you feel guilty about owning it, but you should be more knowledgable of its needs/requirements at this stage of the game. Regardless, you're here with the issue and we are trying to help you, and are giving you information you need. We've done as much as we can really on our end, its up to you to act on yours.

This isnt a bash session....quite the opposite.
Have you read the anemone links?

Nick