Whats wrong with my anem
- Thread starter kullas
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Normally I wouldn't have a nem but was gifted it along with some other coral and I'm just trying to give it a good home
Everyone makes mistakes. Asking for help is how you learn. Anyone in the hobby that claims to have never killed something is lying.
My inkbird also got out of whack but they can be readjusted/calibrated
Don't beat yourself up. I put a nem in my tank at day 17 and acclimated for 30 minutes and its still with me. I feed that sucker everyday.
Now I wouldn't give that advice to anybody but, like you, the opportunity just presented itself and for some unknown reason it worked out for me.
Its just the nature of the hobby, some things are tank specific and other things are specimen specific.
Just learn from your mistakes, try to figure out why things happen and listen to the experience of others.
Wanna add this. Keep a close eye on it. I swear nothing ruins a tank faster than a rotting anemone. If it comes to the point to where you think it is dead, give it the good ole smell test. Nems smell incredibly gross when they die and start nitrifying.
How? I can’t figure it out and it’s the new WiFi version and the directions don’t match the unit! It shows it having a reset button, it doesn’t.
3 months old is WAY too new for an anemone. I would hold off on adding any new coral, or ornamental animals for a while. Water chemistry is more than nitrate, calcium alkalinity, salinity, and temperature ; mature tanks have things that we can't test for, carbon concentration, bacteria strains, and a lot of other things that I don't know about.
I really just think you jumped the gun on getting the nem too soon. I did the same thing unfortunately about 7 years ago and had to watch it perish because there wasn't anyone to point me away from it. The guy at the fish store said my tank was good, he made his sale.
I dont know if the wifi is any different but if i remember right if you click thru the onscreen menu you click until it says CA i believe. Then you can adjust temp+/-. All i did was take the readings from one glass and 2 digital thermometers and adjusted it to match. I found a user manual online. They weren't the best directions but i eventually got it. I keep 4 thermometers in my tank, sump , frag tank to check
I too did this about a year and a half ago. Totally sucks
I’ve made the mistake of listening to the store people a couple of times now and have had to feel bad when a fish or three have died. Not saying the lfs people don’t know what they’re talking about but, let’s face it, they want to sell their products. Now I only trust my forum buddies because you aren’t afraid to give it to me straight, and I like that!
Lol you sound like me! I have thermometers everywhere! Just to make sure, ya know?
Don’t beat yourself up! I learned a lot of things the hard way. It comes along with the hobby. It definitely hurts.
The guys at the store can't see your setup, don't know your struggles, and hardly ask questions because they don't have time to ask about everyone's tank. We get to excited when we're go in to stores and see things we like and forget all about things that we have going on with the tank, we're only focus on the new shiny thing at the store. It's easy to get distracted even as an experienced reefer that SHOULD know better.
If it were me, I would see if the seller would possibly hold it for you for a bit if it survives , until your tank is ready for it.
What is the thing under the anemone in the picture?
It's a piece of monti I about bleached out its healing where it's at. I had it way to far up. It's also about 2 inches in front of the nem
Ok. Just wanted to be sure there want anything there that would fight with the nem.
