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11-11-2005, 01:55 AM
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HELP
I have a 75 gallon tank
480W coralife light 60 lbs live rock protein skimmer for 120 gallon tank colt coral green button pollyp star polyp plate coral purple tipped anemone 2X O. clowns mandarin goby 2X purple fire fish 2X cleaner shrimp Here is my problem. My anemone just closed up, all of the tentacles deflated, and black goo started coming out of its mouth. I fed it this morning (mysis shrimp) on my way to work and he looked fine. after work I fed the fish and the anemone still looked all right. after supper he just started to close up and then the goo startedd to come out of his mouth. I tried looking for some info on the net and turned around and all of his tentacles are deflated. Whats going on? 
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11-11-2005, 02:01 AM
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how long have u had the anemone ? have u added ne thing as of late that may be nipping at it ? what are ur parameters ? has it been moving around the tank? im no expert but it may have been expelling the stuff that photosynthesises for itzooantlite or something cant remember lo. maybee some one who hasmore experise can chime in
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11-11-2005, 02:02 AM
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I don't know what's going on, but here's RC's Anemone FAQ....
http://www.carlosreef.com/AnemoneFAQ.pdf As well, here's RC's Anemones & Clownfish Forum.... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/fo...?s=&forumid=36 BTW, Welcome to Canreef 
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11-11-2005, 02:05 AM
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I've had the anemone about 2.5 months. He was my most recent addition. When i first got him he didn't like where I put him and up and moved to his current position and brushed against my heater. 7 damaged tentacles.
Sp gravity 1.023 KH 179 ppm Nitrites 0 temp 79 F
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11-11-2005, 02:18 AM
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I think you can safely wait till morning and see it back to its normal self. mine does this every now and then for a few hours as well. Had it for nearly a year now. An RBTA.
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11-11-2005, 02:38 AM
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Your Anenome spits out black stuff everyonce and awhile.......Are your clown fish hosting you anenome????Cause we had an anenome that died after shooting stuff out of it's mouth...we found out afterwards that he died because our clowns were beating it to death!!!
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11-11-2005, 02:26 PM
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You should raise your salinity slowly to 1.026. Lower salinity is okay for fish, but anemones are a little more delicate.
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11-11-2005, 02:32 PM
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Black stingy stuff is usually poop. Its the white stringy stuff you have to worry about. White stringy stuff is usually its own guts
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