Anemone

[JaneB]

Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum and new to keeping marine fish.
We have had to tank set up for about 4 months now and have 2 anemones in there along with some fish, one of our anemones has been like this for the last 3-4 days and hasn’t come out with the lights on or off.
Any advice on what we can do or if it has died?
Thanks

 

[Purpletang92]

Looks dead and is melting away , you should take it out , your system is kind of young for an Anemone , the general rule is 6 months to year before an Anemone is added. It’s really the diversity of bacteria in your aquarium you don’t have enough.

 

[jd371]

Yes remove it, that's a goner and will start to fall apart and foul the tank. How is the other nem doing?

 

[JaneB]

Thanks for your replies, our other one is doing fine and hiding under the coral.

 

[BestMomEver]

Sorry abt the anemone. It is fairly hard to keep them in a newer tank. Take care of the other one you have and when the tank gets older try another.

Oh... and welcome to the reef!

 

[JaneB]

Thankyou very much!
I’m new to keeping Marine but my dad used to when I was a baby, so there’s so much for us to learn now!

 

[Gonebad395]

Welcome to R2R don’t get discouraged and you came to the right place to learn all the new stuff. Ask if you don’t know or aren’t sure there is a plethora of knowledge here.

 

[JaneB]

Welcome to R2R don’t get discouraged and you came to the right place to learn all the new stuff. Ask if you don’t know or aren’t sure there is a plethora of knowledge here.

Thankyou, we have a clown fish escape some how, posted on Facebook and just got stupid comments so i thought I would find people who are more interested in the hobby than taking the mick

 

[Psychonaut]

I’m in your same situation. My nem went straight to a cave to hide. Hoping he will come out for light eventually if I just leave him alone. Anyway best of luck!