Greetings all!
I was hoping that my first post would not be under these circumstances, but I have a bubble tip nem which I have had for about 9 days. I should mention this is my first anemone and I tried to read/ask questions and gain as much knowledge as I could prior to taking on this task and the tank has been in prep for 5 months. It did really well with acclimating to the tank and quickly found a spot and secured itself and looked really nice and big the next day. Since the 2nd day I have been trying to offer him some food, either silversides (cut in 1/4" or smaller) or mysis shrimp. It seem to really play with the silversides but ultimately it would end up falling to the floor after a few moves towards the mouth. The mysis shrimp seem to just hang in the tentacles and never travel to the mouth or get eaten by a clownfish. Today after I got out of work I came home and noticed he has a few strings of slime and a white spot developing near his foot and his mouth has remained open. So I guess my question is, anyone have any ideas what might be going on (normal/abnormal behavior)? Is this food related and if so how do I entice the anemone further? The tank is 55 gal with 250w MH fixture on a timer for 6 hrs of light. I checked the water chemistry and it is the following...SG 1.025 PH 8.3 Ammonia 0.0 Nitrates 0.0 Nitrites 0.0 Thanks in advance for any help you guys provide!!!
