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Bought two babies a week ago from LFS and they are pretty small.

These clowns replace a pair lost during a major tank failure about 12 weeks ago where we lost every critter, except two Anemones and some GSP due to apparent tank poisening. (Rookie Xenia extermination and tank cleaning)

The prior clown pair had been very lovey and cute with one another even as small babies.

This pair though is not doing so well.

One is about the size of the tip of my girl pinky. The other is slightly larger and showing very aggressive behavior by chasing and headbutting the small one all over the tank.

The littlest one is starting to look weak from the constant attacking.

Really the only time the situation calms is when the lights are off.

Any ideas on how to get the one to back off other than a seperation screen?

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I've also noticed overfeeding, and light changes like the one present can cause them to split more. As far as I'm aware anemones still contain zooxanthellae and typically grow the most contained when they've only got so much light energy that can actually be used to grow. The additional uv could have very well allowed the anemones to feel comfortable enough to reproduce. Well, aleast that's my thoughts on why it's splitting.

What a beautiful tank!

Your referring to the bubble tips? Sounds like the light may have spurred them to split. I’m sure people on here would buy them from you, myself included. Depending on what kind they are (and size) and the general interest when listing them for sale they go anywhere from $20-60 each for the more standard ones.
 
as far as removal, there are many methods, usually revolving around making the nem close up and let its foot release. Some use ice cubes, others just slowly keep prying (gently) under the foot until it eventually comes loose. You can float them in the tank in a Tupperware with holes or a basket to contain them until selling.

Crazy.  Maybe you should set up a new display and start raising BTAs in this one [emoji3]  Seems like you have found the magic formula (whether you meant to or not).

To me this splitting of your nems sounds like  a water quality issue. They will usually keep splitting to insure there survival. Just my thoughts on this.

And now there are 5.

(5th one in the back).

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Please advise?

So two weeks ago hubby bought a little UV light to supplement my existing setup in a 29 Gal. Nano.

Tank critters been loving it..

Then, overnight several more anenomes showed up in the tank.

I only want one in there but don't see them coming out easily.

Should I try to sell them back to a LFS and how much if so or how do I get them out of the tank.

Hate to lose my rocks on top of it.

They are pretty but my larger tank had a glass breakage accident so this is the only one right now.

Not ready for a larger tank now.

Thank you!

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Totally agree with [mention=14573]Blue Z Reef[/mention] If those take over you will always regret putting that rock into your display. I would pull the rock consider it a loss for the pay, let it dry out, soak it in a bleach mix for a week, then re cook the rock and introduce to the tank. I bought 2 frags years ago for $90 that had Dinos that eventually wiped out most of my tank, Had I known that crap was on those frags I would have ate the $90 and tossed the frags in the trash. 

Looks like majano anemones. Like aiptasia they are considered a pest. There are different ways to eradicate them like aiptasia x, joes juice or kalk paste. You can even buy this thing called a majano wand to electrocute them.

SO now I have 3 which is cool but sure hope it doesn't do it again.

Possibly it was a stress reaction because my Anenome Crab suddenly decided one day to ditch his BTA and crowd into the larger one with the clownfish. The other ibteresting thing is that i had flipped a rock around this morning and there are two large round ball looking egg sack things on it. No idea what they are but this morning there was a little tiny antenna sticking out of one! Any ideas? They are shown second photo.

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I bought some nice live rock today, had some nice creatures on it but i dont know what they are.

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Here is the photo ro go with my post

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4 months and looking good i think.

I stopped checking chemistry about a month ago .

We keep salinity level at .25

If critters look happy im not going to worry about it.

Anyway, im happy nothing has died, HOWEVER;

I have had TWO fish completely disapear could something on the list be eating them? One was a little yellow goby, the other was a green mandarin.

Also is that pulsing Xenia supposed to spread like a weed?

Inhabitants are;

1 Starfish

I blue legged hermit crab

2 emerald crabs

3 red legged hermits

1 Anemone crab

5 snails

1 large red shrimp

1 Pistol shrimp

2 clownfish

1 large BTA

1 small BTA

Xenia

Ricordea? (Dunno whats its called. Its flat and round and i have 2).

1 Torch coral

1 small GSP

Zoanthids

Sponge

Copepods, etc.

Thank you,

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Your nem looks ok to me.

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Welcome - sorry to hear about your tank stress but wise to seek input!  I would agree with youcallmenny here in that they can look a lot worse than that on the way out and even start to detach so seems like a good chance at recovery - keep an eye on it though since, if they do go, they can foul your tank very quickly.  As long as you stay on top of parameters though I bet you will be OK.  Good luck!

Well it bubbled back up.  Usually a sign that it's happy.  Usually on the way to death I've seen BTA's shrivel up into a little sad lump and then die.  As with all inverts, things can be stressful once damage is done.  In my own experience with nem's if it's not dead already and you've corrected the parameters then it should recover.  Give it a krill!

Hi all,

New member here and will get right to my question.

Tank was running great, no issues no crashes and its been 4 months now.

The BTA was added about 3 weeks ago.

I left town for 3 days last week and hubbie destroyed my salinity and PH with water changes (who knows why he didnt just leave it alone).

Anyway, managed to get things stable for a couple days but now ive been dealing with ammonia spikes, etc. 

Did a 40% water change, stabilized parameters and now my BTA looks like will die any second. Most of the other corals seem okay except for one.

I have a new 29 gallon tank cycling ( only 2nd week).

Should i move the filter foam , live rock and sand from the 7 g. Nano to the other tank and move the BTA with fingers crossed or? Hard to see with the darn crab in there but its been very dark with kinda stringy tentacles and more open.

Also my Ricordia keeps positioning inder a mushroom coral? Didn't know they could relocate themselves?

Im actually about to run over to cuttle fish for RO water as my device has not arrived yet and will ask there as well.

Dont want to lose the BTA so im panicking.

Thank you in advance for any advice.