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Seapen Dead. Why?
I have a 70 gallon tank filtered with a Emperor 400, and a wet/dry system that is rated for a 125 gallon tank. My ammonia is 0, Nitrites 0, ph 8.4, Nitrates .5 ppm and temp 76F...
In the tank I have 3 Firefish, 2 Green Chromis, and three cleaner shrimp. The Seapen was fine all up until I noticed it has been "deflated" for two days. upon looking at it I noticed that the stem part at the bottom was ripped open and oozing... I promptly netted it and inspected it in a bucket. While netting it the feeler things were falling off. I am very upset by this, as I liked the Seapen. Any ideas what caused it to die? Would the shimps damage it like that? I am clueless. Thanks. |
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Wow that really stinks. I have one and I just love it the way that it opens up is amazing. Mine shrinks down into the sand, and has moved on it's own twice in the last year. I am not quite sure what could have caused this to happen but I'm sure somebody will help you out.
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What type of substrate? CC can tear the colony when trying to retract.
I also remember reading that Sea Pens also require a fine sand bed that is as deep as the creature is tall to be happy long term in the aquarium. Sorry to here the bad news.
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thanks. I have dolomite and crushed coral for substrate. Also I have in addition to live rock, dead decorative coral. could that be what did it in?
also do I have to worry about the "feelers" that fell off? I mean I cant possibly find all of them without disrupting my tank... |
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hey sting sorry to hear about ur loss
glad to see another local person been in the hobby for a long time if u have any pics please post them randy |
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