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08-30-2003, 11:27 PM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Middleburg, VA
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Carpet in trouble!!
Hey Everybody! Kinda in trouble. I bought a carpet anemone that seemed to be doing fine and the store and fine at home for a week. I woke up one morning to find him in the front corner on attached mostly to the sand but partly to a rock. He was in about the middle of the tank up high on the LR before. I know that they move, but thats a lot. Anyways, now he doesn't seem to be doing very well. He's kinda hunched over, mouth closed, not ridding himself of the sand settling on him. I tried to detach him and put him up higher but I couldn't get him off! Should I leave him and see what happens, or make a drastic change and try to get him back up higher on the rocks. ANy signs to look for? Thanks for the help.
BTW my tank is a 120 set up for 8 months( I know its a little early, but all the corals are doing fine and conditions are very stable. Its lighted by 2 250 watt MH and 2 Actinics.
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
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Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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08-30-2003, 11:47 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Vancouver, WA
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The biggest positives you have are two part.
1) his mouth is closed. VERY GOOD sign
2) when you tried to move him, he was footed.
I would advise to just leave him alone. They get moody sometimes, and yes they move, sometimes ALOT
So I would just watch him and not worry
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08-31-2003, 12:08 AM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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Lise is right on on the good signs thing. carpets are a moody bunch. your lighting is great so you do not have to worry about that. have you been feeding it fish? they capture unsuspecting fish in the wild. silversides are a great food. i made sure they were good an thawed first.
back to moving again. i found they like to bury their bases deep into either the rockwork or the sand. they like to keep only thier cap exposed. it may have moved because it felt its base was to exposed somehow. mine liked being at sand level.
getting the sand out can be tough, thier little nematacysts are strong, they will grab onto sand if it is porous enough. i would not worry to much about this either.
i would just keep an eye on it for tomorrow. try feeding it silversides, salmon, tuna, anything raw you get from the store, should be a SW fish though. think of it as a great excuse to get some fresh fish for dinner.  isn't this why we all use blender mush. 
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08-31-2003, 12:49 AM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Yeah, I have had problems with my carpet ever since the sea cuke went down the overflow, though he was a cork or sumpin, ANYWAY, it blocked the tube just enought to overflow the tank.
Brand new berber, too...
I took the MACNA goodie money and bought a steam cleaner, didn't clean the carpet, but BOY did it suck up the water out of the carpet!
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08-31-2003, 09:49 AM
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Banggai Mommy
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Our carpet hasn't been quite the same since adding MH to it...
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08-31-2003, 11:56 AM
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Blacktip Shark
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Middleburg, VA
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LoL!!!
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Austin
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
He who fears the thorn, should never crave the rose.
-favorite TRT quote
Forecast for tonight: dark, continued dark overnight, widely scattered light by morning
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08-31-2003, 11:59 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Well Austin, does this help lmao
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08-31-2003, 12:04 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Way too funny Danielle!!  |
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08-31-2003, 01:40 PM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mrs Smith
Our carpet hasn't been quite the same since adding MH to it...
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!!
That was REALLY funny!!!
btw, if you havent fixed the carpoet yet, I will send you an email about how to repair it without major surgery.
ttyl, Tom
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08-31-2003, 01:50 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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See Andy, Told you it would come back to haunt you
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08-31-2003, 03:05 PM
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Banggai Mommy
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Orlando, FL
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We turned it and strategically placed a coffee table over the spot. It's an area rug (but a darn nice one, and a darn expensive one!), so it's not too noticeable now.
I couldn't resist. Sorry for hijacking the thread!
Danielle
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08-31-2003, 03:51 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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why dont you guys do like me and just dump your skimmer cup in the bedroom on the new carpet geesh took me all day to clean it up 
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08-31-2003, 04:03 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
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Casey thats the point of the Forum, if we all have to make all the same mistakes, hopefully we learn from others, thers just not enough time to make them all yourself
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08-31-2003, 04:04 PM
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Eat more PIE
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I dont know Doug I gues i needed something to do you know havn 3 days off
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08-31-2003, 04:06 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
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Casey we know there has to be a better way to spend your Labor Day weekend or maybe you like to do things just a wee bit different than most of us!!
Although after talking to you on the phone this morning sounds like things are back to normal! By the way how were those steaks? |
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