Anemone Baby Sitter?

[davidrupe]

I am having ammonia problems and would like to save my anemone. Anybody close to Lowell, (muscles?) want to baby sit him/it for a month or however long it takes to get my ammonia down to zero?
Maybe babysit a coral beauty and two clowns if I can catch them?
Thanks...
Oh, and I would like to maintain visitation rights...this is not a complete custody situation.

 

[TheUltimateNoob]

anemone, clowns, angel in uncycled tank??

edit: actually, i don't know if it's cycled or not but i thought i read that somewhere. haha.

 

[davidrupe]

Well, it has been going for 2 months now, I thought it was cycled...
Any fishsitters?

 

[~Flighty~]

We could try the anemone in my tank, but I don't think it is ready yet either. For an anemone you really need an established tank. more than just cycled. Ask Frank at work. Have you met him? He has a 180 and a 55.

 

[NateHanson]

Take it easy on the guy.

We all hurry things from time to time. And in all fairness it is strange that he should be having an ammonia problem 2 months after adding his LR.

David, have you tried bringing a water sample to AA or another LFS to make sure you're test kit isn't wrong? Wouldn't that be a nice solution to your problem?

Not trying to get your hopes up, but I think it's worth doing before you take everything out of the tank.

Nate

 

[davidrupe]

No I haven't. I will try AA this weekend if I can make the trip up there.

 

[Ray]

I can put up the anemone for you

 

[davidrupe]

Ray, I will get back to you on that. Jen says he is doing real well today even thought the ammonia is high. All puffed up and stretched out.
Anybody got a picture of what a Green/Brown BTA should look like? Everybody has pictures of Roses so I am not even sure if he is as healthy as he should be.

 

[Ray]

They should look the same, the only differance is the color. My rose and green look exactly the same

 

[~Flighty~]

The most extensive bta that I've found. Lots of pics showing what the mouth should look like etc.
http://home.att.net/~karenssaltwater/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html

 

[TheUltimateNoob]

hey dave,

i was just playin with you. hope you didn't take that the wrong way. i really wasn't coming down on you or anything. haha. no, i remembered about how old your tank was from talking with you at AA. good luck with the ammonia problem.

 

[theone]

I dont know if it helps but I have a Condy and it looks like this.......

 

[davidrupe]

Peter...I didnt' take it that way. No worries.
Thanks Theone...I will take a picture of my anemone tonight and you guys can decide how how he is doing.
Ray, maybe we can meet up this weekend and I will take you up on that babysitting offer.

 

[this is me]

Dave,
i'd love to help you out since you're in lowell but my tank is stocked with sps and there's no way i can take the chance of putting in the anemone in there.
Sorry that i'm unable to help.
Good luck.

 

[Ray]

OK, he will be going into a 60G tank with 2 other anemones and a few fish