HydroSean
New Member
Hello everyone, this is my first post so please bear with me.
TL;DR at the bottom with my specifications and question.
I have had my Nuvo Fusion 20 gallon salt water tank for about 3 years now with 2 mocha ocellaris, one very small hermit crab (<1cm), and one mexican turbo snail. I recently bought a red bubble tip anemone (or that is what the store owner told me) and here is what happened. I acclimated the anemone to my tank one week ago and he moved around the tank and found a spot he liked. Then he shriveled up tightly for two days then opened up beautifully and looked amazing. The past few days his tentacles were purple color and shriveled up. He also looks deflated in a way. I am concerned as this has been going on for 3 days. I am worried that he is in the process of dying but I am not entirely sure of that. I would appreciate help from anyone with experience, thank you in advance.
TL;DR
My red bubble tip anemone (one week in the tank) is looking shriveled up, off color, and deflated. Here are the specs and pics:
Specifications:
-Calcium (Ca 2+): 520 ppm
-KH: 232.7 ppm
-dKH: 13
-Phosphate (PO4 3-): 10.0 ppm
-Nitrate (NO3 -): 160 ppm
-Nitrite (NO2 -): 0 ppm
-pH: 8.0
-Ammonia (NH3/NH4 +): 0 ppm
-Temperature: 78 deg. F
-Iodine/Iodide: 0.04 mg/L
-Magnesium: 1620 mg/L
-Light: Current USA Orbit IC
-PAR (at bottom of anemone): 112
-PAR (at top of anemone): 160
-PAR (at top of tank): 300+
-PAR (at bottom of tank): 90
-Sunrise light: 0700 to 0830 (White: 25%, Blue: 70%, Red: 25%, Green: 5%)
-Daylight: 0830 to 1900 (White: 65%, Blue: 100%, Red: 45%, Green: 10%)
-Sunset light: 1900 to 2030 (White: 25%, Blue: 70%, Red: 25%, Green: 5%)
-Moonlight: 2030 to 0230 (White: 0%, Blue: 5%, Red: 0%, Green: 0%)
-Light completely off: 0230-0700
TL;DR at the bottom with my specifications and question.
I have had my Nuvo Fusion 20 gallon salt water tank for about 3 years now with 2 mocha ocellaris, one very small hermit crab (<1cm), and one mexican turbo snail. I recently bought a red bubble tip anemone (or that is what the store owner told me) and here is what happened. I acclimated the anemone to my tank one week ago and he moved around the tank and found a spot he liked. Then he shriveled up tightly for two days then opened up beautifully and looked amazing. The past few days his tentacles were purple color and shriveled up. He also looks deflated in a way. I am concerned as this has been going on for 3 days. I am worried that he is in the process of dying but I am not entirely sure of that. I would appreciate help from anyone with experience, thank you in advance.
TL;DR
My red bubble tip anemone (one week in the tank) is looking shriveled up, off color, and deflated. Here are the specs and pics:
Specifications:
-Calcium (Ca 2+): 520 ppm
-KH: 232.7 ppm
-dKH: 13
-Phosphate (PO4 3-): 10.0 ppm
-Nitrate (NO3 -): 160 ppm
-Nitrite (NO2 -): 0 ppm
-pH: 8.0
-Ammonia (NH3/NH4 +): 0 ppm
-Temperature: 78 deg. F
-Iodine/Iodide: 0.04 mg/L
-Magnesium: 1620 mg/L
-Light: Current USA Orbit IC
-PAR (at bottom of anemone): 112
-PAR (at top of anemone): 160
-PAR (at top of tank): 300+
-PAR (at bottom of tank): 90
-Sunrise light: 0700 to 0830 (White: 25%, Blue: 70%, Red: 25%, Green: 5%)
-Daylight: 0830 to 1900 (White: 65%, Blue: 100%, Red: 45%, Green: 10%)
-Sunset light: 1900 to 2030 (White: 25%, Blue: 70%, Red: 25%, Green: 5%)
-Moonlight: 2030 to 0230 (White: 0%, Blue: 5%, Red: 0%, Green: 0%)
-Light completely off: 0230-0700
