Anemone HELP

[BlackiceClowns]

My anemone is on the verge of dying. I have gotten help from many people and they all say the same thing. I wanna figure out why. Can anyone tell me what happened or what specifically effected my BTA

• Phosphate drop from 1.0 to 0.1 over three days
• Light timing change from 8am-6pm to 1pm to 10pm
• Missed two feeding

Could any of these had an enough affect on my BTA for it to die?

 

[CasperOe]

The rapid change in water parameters may have had an impact. Anything you do in a tank, do it slowly!

What are your full parameters?

And what is that "same thing" that all people say? Chances are that they are right if they agree.

Pictures please

 

[vetteguy53081]

My anemone is on the verge of dying. I have gotten help from many people and they all say the same thing. I wanna figure out why. Can anyone tell me what happened or what specifically effected my BTA

• Phosphate drop from 1.0 to 0.1 over three days
• Light timing change from 8am-6pm to 1pm to 10pm
• Missed two feeding

Could any of these had an enough affect on my BTA for it to die?

Phos drop is contributor but also affecting them will be too much or too little flow. Too little and they they shrivel up. Sam applies to light. Missed feedings wont do it but chemistry is other reason. 12 hours of light is best as is location in the tank

 

[Nano_Man]

My anemone is on the verge of dying. I have gotten help from many people and they all say the same thing. I wanna figure out why. Can anyone tell me what happened or what specifically effected my BTA

• Phosphate drop from 1.0 to 0.1 over three days
• Light timing change from 8am-6pm to 1pm to 10pm
• Missed two feeding

Could any of these had an enough affect on my BTA for it to die?

Bta anemones like nitrate and phosphate. Looks like you did a rapid change anemones don't like rapid change on water parameters Flow/lighting they sulk prolonged unstable condition will have bad effects on them. Have you got a photo in white light to see the health of this anemone. Bta are hardy in my opinion but bad water and lighting they suffer

 

[BlackiceClowns]

The rapid change in water parameters may have had an impact. Anything you do in a tank, do it slowly!

What are your full parameters?

And what is that "same thing" that all people say? Chances are that they are right if they agree.

Pictures please

Yeah it was my bad doing such a rapid change In phosphates. It was my first time using Rowaphos and I used wayyyyy to much.
Mag = 1600
Calcium = 400pp.
Phosphates = 0.01-3
Alkalinity = 9dkh
Ammonia = 0.0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = around 10ppm
Will post photos shortly

 

[BlackiceClowns]

Phos drop is contributor but also affecting them will be too much or too little flow. Too little and they they shrivel up. Sam applies to light. Missed feedings wont do it but chemistry is other reason. 12 hours of light is best as is location in the tank

So the light change aswell. There is quite alot of flow in my tank. My anemone was loving life a week ago. Will post pics

 

[BlackiceClowns]

Thats what it looks like now.
Used to be very large and happy. Then expelled all it's water and started sulking
Started showing its mouth alot
And now this. I think flesh is disintegrating, but I'm not sure

 

[Nano_Man]

Thats what it looks like now.
Used to be very large and happy. Then expelled all it's water and started sulking
Started showing its mouth alot
And now this. I think flesh is disintegrating, but I'm not sure

If it's still attached to the rock with its foot that's a good sign. Just keep an eye on it that's all you can do. Bad signs are open mouth for long periods of time. Bits ie tentacles falling of degrading pieces and a smell of death when stood over the top of your water. It's could rebound back to it's Glory but leave it be no trying to feed it at this point. Good luck and keep us all informed

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thats what it looks like now.
Used to be very large and happy. Then expelled all it's water and started sulking
Started showing its mouth alot
And now this. I think flesh is disintegrating, but I'm not sure

Does not look terrible and seems to be hiding suggesting too much flow and even light
Reduce both slightly and see how it responds and feed mysis shrimp or chopped krill

 

[Dbichler]

It doesn’t look too terrible but with fluctuations of parameters it will only get worse. Why at .1 phosphate did you even try to lower it. .1 is perfectly acceptable yeah on the high end but nothing to really worry about.

 

[BlackiceClowns]

That photo was about three days ago. This is what it looks like now

Still on the rock but fully closed up. The ring is going white and it looks like it's rotting.

 

[Uncle99]

Clowns harass it?
Any peps?
Any shrimps?

 

[randomfishdude]

It looks more like it's stressed to me. I don't have much experience with bta but my bta looked like that erlier when it wasn't happy where it was but couldn't move.

Also when my lta gets the fish med in them it goes so small that it is smaller than a eraser.

 

[BlackiceClowns]

Clowns harass it?
Any peps?
Any shrimps?

No shrimps or Peps and as far as I know my anemone wasn't affected by the clowns for over 2 months.

 

[Uncle99]

No shrimps or Peps and as far as I know my anemone wasn't affected by the clowns for over 2 months.

Just keep an eye.
Did This happen slowly or fast?

 

[BlackiceClowns]

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Just keep an eye.
Did This happen slowly or fast?

Over two,ish weeks

 

[Uncle99]

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Over two,ish weeks

So I’m just a bit confused on your phosphate tests.

In post #1 you go from 1ppm to 0.1ppm through GFO. Is that correct?

In post #5 you indicate phosphate is 0.01-3. That’s a flux of 300 times.

So from post #1 to post #5, 17 minutes later phosphate drops 100 times and can flux to 300 times traditional levels.

So I’m confused on what the actual numbers are.