Changed tanks and BTA is unhappy

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Hey, so 2 weeks ago I changed tanks. When I did I didn't move any of the existing sand or rock since there was a lot of hair algae. Since the tank was going in the same spot I wasn't able to cycle the new rock and sand, but did use Dr Tims in the tank and had a small cycle but everything is looking good now. Ammonia is around 0 and nitrates are also in the 5-10 area. All other LPS I have (2 acans and 1 plate) are looking good. The anemone is shrunk and not sticky. Any idea what I can do for it to bring it back to its old self?
 

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I'd add a big bag of Carbon or run a media reactor with Carbon in it. This has helped me in the past when switching nems to different tanks or over to tanks that have not been running that long.
 

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What are your parameters? All the fish going in could have caused a spike. For future reference, you can cycle the rock in a trash can
 
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I'd add a big bag of Carbon or run a media reactor with Carbon in it. This has helped me in the past when switching nems to different tanks or over to tanks that have not been running that long.
I have carbon running currently.
 

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Happens to nems, feed it weekly it will recover but is going to look bad initially most likely.

I did the same thing and mine lost almost all its tentacles and turned black before perking back up.
 

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What other parameters would you like?

Missed then in your original post, my bad . What was the parameters of your old tank? Most likely just shock, mine shriveles up every water change, bit continues to grow in size
 
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The rock could be leaching something or have die off if it is live rock.
 
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