you are doing everything right, think of the energy from photosynthesis as
candy and the energy from feeding it a healthy diet. As long as you keep
feeding regularly it should be growing very fast.
HTH
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Score??
> All,
>
> Had the chance to score some more LR from someone who is getting out of
the
> hobby this last weekend. Hopefully I will be able to get a larger tank
when
> we move (into a house) next year, and so I am trying to score extra LR
when
> and where I can. Got this stuff for a buck a pound. Anyways, I picked it
up
> and took it home and while I was examining it, I found a very small bubble
> anemone (a little smaller than my thumbnail). Seems that it may have been
on
> the LR when they took it home, and it never got a chance. So, it is still
> alive, but is very small and beached out.
>
> I put it at the bottom of my tank so it gets some light. Not a ton, but
> some, and is getting a medium/low current. Since I have had it, it has
> eaten, and eaten well. I fed it some small krill on day 2, and it ate 3 of
> them. On day 3, I fed some silversides and it ate them. I fed twice that
> day. Yesterday, I fed mysis shrimp, and it at 3 of them. So, it seems to
> have a good appetite.
>
> I dont agree with keeping anemones, but I figure I might as well give this
> guy a try and see if I can bring him back. Does anyone have any
suggestions
> on anything else I can do to increase my chances? Has anyone on the list
> saved one of these types of anemones after it has bleached? I read once
that
> once they do that, it is pretty much over for them, however he really eats
> well and responds quickly to being touched. He has not moved since being
> placed in the tank. I did notice he has a slight green tint
(xooanthelle??)
> when the actinics are on. Maybe there is hope?
>
> TIA everyone,
>
> Shane C.
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