Anemone health!!

[Sayins]

hi everyone, this is kind if urgent. So i recently got a anemone and did everything correct into adding it in. I made sure the salinity was ok(1.025), ammonia was 0, nitrite was also 0 and some nitrate. I recently got into this hobby and I read that if you wanted to add corals you would have to have perfect perameters. But I made the most dumbest mistake and didn't read that I had to have my tank matured. I wanted to start off with gsp. But I was so distracted by anemones that I completely forgot to read more about them(my knowledge isn't good with them).

It was good for the first two days and I had no problem. The first day it was inside a deep part of a rock, which someone had told me was normal(adjusting to the new tank) Then it came out and was doing fine, but this morning, I woke up to finding it deeper than it was before and some mucus like substance that was hanging out of its mouth/tentacles. I'm scared and don't know what to do. If it does die/is dead, I take full blame for it, but please help me!(all photos are numbered through days and nights)

I also saw a little bug which i think is a bristleworm, but it was trying to touch my anemone? i'm not sure.

I also added a picture of the light color I use. My setup is very basic but it works great, please let me know what happened and if its normal or what I should do!

 

[LiLinka]

I wouldn’t stress it too much. As long as nothing in the tank is irritating it or eating it. It is most likely just adjusting to the tank. They move wherever they want to once added to a new tank. Keep us updated though.

 

[dedragon]

this is a condy anemone so they are a lot hardier than other anemones. Questions that I always ask when people get anemones; How old is the tank? Are you using rodi water or tap/conditioner? Do you have test kits for alk, phosphate, and nitrate? What are you using to measure salinity (refractometer with calibration solution, precision hydrometer like tropic marin, or swing arm hydrometer)?

 

[Sayins]

I wouldn’t stress it too much. As long as nothing in the tank is irritating it or eating it. It is most likely just adjusting to the tank. They move wherever they want to once added to a new tank. Keep us updated though.

Ok, i will thank you.

 

[Sayins]

this is a condy anemone so they are a lot hardier than other anemones. Questions that I always ask when people get anemones; How old is the tank? Are you using rodi water or tap/conditioner? Do you have test kits for alk, phosphate, and nitrate? What are you using to measure salinity (refractometer with calibration solution, precision hydrometer like tropic marin, or swing arm hydrometer)?

My tank isn't that old, which is my fault, i should've done more research. I'm using rodi water, and always toping it off with rodi water. Yes i have test kits for all, I think I don't have a phosphate one though, not sure. I use a refractometer with calibration solution to measure salinity.

 

[Sayins]

My tank isn't that old, which is my fault, i should've done more research. I'm using rodi water, and always toping it off with rodi water. Yes i have test kits for all, I think I don't have a phosphate one though, not sure. I use a refractometer with calibration solution to measure salinity.

Please let me know what else I should be looking into and what I need to do, I'm still fairly new to this, so any information, advice, or help will do!

 

[dedragon]

a lot of times anemones just dont do well in new tanks and i always think it must be due to biological stability that just isnt present in new tanks. Condys are pretty hardy so they will probably be able to survive as the tank matures.
What are your exact nitrate, phosphates, and alkalinity in the tank at the moment? Also what brand test kits are you using to measure these levels?

 

[Sayins]

The nitrates were around a 20, maybe a 10, but its hard to tell as I'm using a red sea test kit, the color is in between 10 and 20. I will check the alkalinity when I'm home(2hrs) and I'm 99% sure the test kit doesn't have a phosphates test kit(i could be wrong and just never seen it) I will double check the nitrate when I'm home. thank you!

 

[Sayins]

The nitrates were around a 20, maybe a 10, but its hard to tell as I'm using a red sea test kit, the color is in between 10 and 20. I will check the alkalinity when I'm home(2hrs) and I'm 99% sure the test kit doesn't have a phosphates test kit(i could be wrong and just never seen it) I will double check the nitrate when I'm home. thank you!

a lot of times anemones just dont do well in new tanks and i always think it must be due to biological stability that just isnt present in new tanks. Condys are pretty hardy so they will probably be able to survive as the tank matures.
What are your exact nitrate, phosphates, and alkalinity in the tank at the moment? Also what brand test kits are you using to measure these levels?

Currently testing everything I can, I came home and saw it opened up again! I think that it was caved in because I turn off the light during nighttime. Does that mean I should keep the lights on at all times? Or can I keep it off during the time I sleep?


Also, I forgot to ask about adding a gsp coral to a rock, i noticed that it was stuck to the little rocks they come in. Should I try to remove the gsp from it or what should i do?(The gsp has kind of overgrown on it.)

 

[dedragon]

gsp is sort of invasive in a reef tank in the long run. up to you if you want to keep or discard it and will most likely just depend on what sort of reef tank you want to keep

 

[dedragon]

some like gsp growing on back walls and a lot of the tank, others want to have a bigger variety of corals and gsp gets in the way

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

First never leave your lights on 24/7, second slow down stop doing this and that, what type of lighting do you have?

 

[Wamland]

From a new reefer, anemones are not long for new tanks. I made the mistake of bringing them in too early. Alk was way too high and I hadn’t even treated phosphates. Add to that the inevitable algae that comes along with new tanks and it not a good recipe for anemones.
I finally settled on carpet anems and those are doing well while my tank is still maturing.

 

[vetteguy53081]

As stated, Florida condy is a more hardier and forgiving specimen and Had them at my LFS. They are the only one I recommend for newer tanks but does not disqualify them from the needs of a mature system as they too dont hold well in higher nitrate and phos levels in which new tanks are subject to constant changes with higher readings and most anemones hate water changes which is a typical activity with newer system. These guys dont eat Powdered foods. Give them plankton and mysis shrimp occasionally and subtle light and moderate water flow

 

[Sayins]

First never leave your lights on 24/7, second slow down stop doing this and that, what type of lighting do you have?

What do you mean by this and that? I don't remember what the lighting is called, as i bought it previously from a saltwater keeper. I'm going to upgrade it to a kessil a160, so hopefully that helps. I never leave my lighting on 24/7, so i'm thankful for that.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

What do you mean by this and that? I don't remember what the lighting is called, as i bought it previously from a saltwater keeper. I'm going to upgrade it to a kessil a160, so hopefully that helps. I never leave my lighting on 24/7, so i'm thankful for that.

Your quote:
Also, I forgot to ask about adding a gsp coral to a rock, i noticed that it was stuck to the little rocks they come in. Should I try to remove the gsp from it or what should i do?(The gsp has kind of overgrown on it.)

My response
I would leave the GSP alone and let it sort themselves out. aka This and That
See how the anemone does, too much light is worse than too little, start really low.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

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[Sayins]

Your quote:
Also, I forgot to ask about adding a gsp coral to a rock, i noticed that it was stuck to the little rocks they come in. Should I try to remove the gsp from it or what should i do?(The gsp has kind of overgrown on it.)

My response
I would leave the GSP alone and let it sort themselves out. aka This and That
See how the anemone does, too much light is worse than too little, start really low.

Hi everyone, I've read all your replies and i have gained some information I didn't know. An update on the anemone, it is now doing fine, i believe it was due to no light during 10pm-6am. The anemone is fine now, but its acting strange, now everytime i turn the light on, it goes away, but when my light in my room is on OR off, it comes back up, any ideas? also I've encountered 2 bristleworms so far, they won't warm my anemone, correct?

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

You say that you had problems because the light is off between 10 pM and 6am, that should be time it is off, usually. Can you figure out what kind of lighting you have? Can you post a picture of it? Is the light adjustable?

 

[Sayins]

You say that you had problems because the light is off between 10 pM and 6am, that should be time it is off, usually. Can you figure out what kind of lighting you have? Can you post a picture of it? Is the light adjustable?

Hi sorry i was busy with a lot and did not see this, i don't know what lighting it is, as i bought it off a guy who has been keeping saltwater reefs for a long time, i have pictures though, hopefully that will help. also some sad news, i believe the anemone died, as it hasnt come out in days and has actually gone further deep in a rock. which is basically a lesson that i need to do more research. I don't plan on buying another anemone until a couple weeks or months, because i don't want this to happen again.(psa the lights emmit a blueish light hopefully that helps)