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Old 07-07-2006, 09:16 PM
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Hello everyone,
I recently bought a purple tipped anemone. He was doing very good. Today when I woke up he was as big as Ive ever saw him. After breakfast I went with my dad shopping. I got home after ward and my anemone is all shriveled up and is almost a gray colour. He is usaully a pearly white.Is he dieing or is this natural?
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Old 07-07-2006, 09:26 PM
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Welcome to Canreef!!


how about some more info?

- water params
- lighting
- tank size/mates
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Old 07-07-2006, 09:49 PM
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My water is. amonia o,nitrite0.005,nitrate10mg,calcum 440,salinity1.024,temp81.1, and for ph 8.2
Tankmates,1strawberry dottyback,1blue sided fairy wrasse, 1tomatoe clown,
5green chromis, 1 scooter blenny.
For lighting I have coralife 192 powercompacts,10000k and atenic.
My tank is 72 gallons with a 20 gallon sump,and a turbo floater 1000 multi for a skimmer
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Old 07-07-2006, 09:53 PM
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My guess is that your not giving it enough light. Most anemones require more light than 92 watts of 10k pc.
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Old 07-07-2006, 09:57 PM
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Here is a link: Happy reading

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/in...a/anemones.htm
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Old 07-07-2006, 10:27 PM
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Purple tipped? Condy, or LTA?
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Old 07-07-2006, 10:35 PM
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what is your Alk? also I noticed that your tank is still cycling as you still have a nitrite reading.. Nitrite is very bad even at low concentrations but I don't have a chart so I can't tell off hand if yours is bad.. I will dig up my chart and see.

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Old 07-07-2006, 11:06 PM
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its a purple tipped condy I dont think my tank is still cycling. i have had it up for 1 year and 1 1/2 months
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Old 07-07-2006, 11:44 PM
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Sometimes they shrivel up to nothing as protection against something they think is dangerous, in which case it will puff up again soon.
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Old 07-08-2006, 12:00 AM
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no I think hes dead now took him out of my tank and put him iin a hostpital tank. his stem is starting to turn black and his tentical are a blackish gray.
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