Bta Anemone Disease/infection

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So i bought 4 large bubble anemones from LIveAquaria and they came somewhat normal looking, one with small parches on the body but I thought it was just coloration. Those white parches turned into ulcer like tissue and some of the anemones have began shrinking, detaching, mouth gaping, and melting away... is that some kind of infection/parasite? I have watched the anemones carefully and nothing should be eating them... or biting chunks.I only have a single clown and porcelain anemone crabs with them... The only anemone that was actually hosted by one of the crabs appears to be the only one surviving rn

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Bta are some of the most rugged anemones one can buy. If your aquarium has good conditions they can bounce back.

The pics are kinda bad. I can't tell if you have them upside down showing us the foot...
 

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Okay so first let's ask what your tank parameters where
How big of a tank and how old

How long where the nem shipped for?
Where did you place them in the tank? and how did you acclimate them?

Next will be those patches
What happened from start to finsih with those

Maybe figure out whats up cause you dont wanna have more issue or not be able to house nems cause this keeps occuring.

Bta are tough so I assume they were sick from the store or shipping if your tank is okay.
 
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Okay so first let's ask what your tank parameters where
How big of a tank and how old

How long where the nem shipped for?
Where did you place them in the tank? and how did you acclimate them?

Next will be those patches
What happened from start to finsih with those

Maybe figure out whats up cause you dont wanna have more issue or not be able to house nems cause this keeps occuring.

Bta are tough so I assume they were sick from the store or shipping if your tank is okay.
Tank is around 6 months old. 40 breeder with ~55 lbs of rock and ~60 lbs of sand.
Based on my API test kits, results are as follow:
pH: 8-8.2
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 5-10 ppm
Calcium: 480 mg/L
KH: 11 drops, which is dKH of 11 or 196.9 ppm according to their conversion chart.
Phosphate: 0ppm
edit: I forgot to mention they were shipped overnight
 
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Tank doesn't look like the issue
Id think they came with something sadly
What have the lfs or whereever you got them, been saying ?
You havent had bta before ?
 

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I agree the photos make it hard to tell anything. The second looks like it should survive. Can you take photos of them in your tank??
Dkh of 11 is pretty high. BTAs do not like alkalinity swings. I doubt they were shipped in water with such high Alk. They can tolerate a Dkh of 11 if acclimated slowly over a long time(weeks). Did you drip acclimate them? If your tank was set up with dry rock it may not be established enough for anemones yet.
 

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