PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP MY ANEMONE IS DYING!!!!!!

[ReefPrincess423]

Please please please help my anemone I think he will die soon!!!!!!!

To start I'm a novice. I've had this white bubble tip anemone for 4-5 months now. At first he was situated in one spot for approximately 3 months fully open. I tried to give him mysis, shrimp and actual for anemones and I don't think I've ever had great success. I don't believe he's ever closed up and ate anything. As opposed to my rose one who I've seen immediately close up and eat whatever I've given him.

Then are some point, the white anemone started moving everyday in and out of the light. He would appear everyday in a new spot. I would put food in his mouth and it would fall out.

Now he's been steadily next to the rose tip. However, he seems to weK to eat or I don't know what the issue could be. The past week since I've been able to reach him I've tried giving him shrimp, mysis and anemone food. All which he lets fall out of his mouth. Today I tried to cover them after the lights went out so maybe the shrimp wouldn't bother them but he still never closes.

I have a fluval led lighting (pictures attached)
A 90 gallon tank
And I've checked everything for long tine
Nitrates, ammonia, nitrites are all 0
Calcium, magnesium, alkalinity and ph are within the parameters .

The only thing high are the phosphates which were 3.0 but are going down daily because I'm using phosoguard and doing weekly water changes.

And on a side not my clown fish host neither anemone.

PLEASE any suggestions would help. ANYONE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

I beg you I'm a novice and maybe I'll get some nasty posts that I shouldn't have bought him. However I did my research beforehand, everything was going great with my tank and the lfs (who are very honest with me when buying coral and livestock) said I was ready for him). So please no bashing just need help!

BY THE WAY I MADE A PREVIOUS POST WHICH IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME EDIT. I POSTED THE WRONG NAME OF THE LIGHTING SOURCE.

 

[jenreefer]

Sorry for your difficulties. To begin with, your phosphates are way high and anemones will not be happy in high nutrient water. You need to figure out why it is running so high and do some large water changes at this point.
What lighting are you using? These guys (both of them) need really good lighting to thrive. What flow do you have in the tank?

Anemones are definitely not forgiving of less than optimal tank conditions. I would look at everything and determine where you can improve.

 

[ReefPrincess423]

@jenreefer i am a novice to all of this. We bought a gfo and carbon reactor I'm installing this week to assist with the phosphates. I also currently am using phosoguard to help. I posted a picture of my lights as I have no idea which lighting I'm using

 

[jenreefer]

@jenreefer i am a novice to all of this. We bought a gfo and carbon reactor I'm installing this week to assist with the phosphates. I also currently am using phosoguard to help. I posted a picture of my lights as I have no idea which lighting I'm using

I have no idea what those lights are putting out, not familiar with the brand, sorry, maybe do some research on them and see if they are adequate for the tank. LED's come in all shapes and forms for all different purposes. They need to be able to sustain LPS at a minimum, but preferably strong enough for SPS corals.

As far as phosphates go. some of the reasons for them being high are using tap water in tank and feeding too heavy without good export of nutrients. The methods most commonly used to combat this are using RO/DI water and running a carbon reactor or dosing a carbon source to deal with the problem. You are on the right track.

Be careful when starting up the carbon reactor, use a very small amount of media so as not to crash the tank with a rapid fall in nutrients. You want to do this slow and let the tank adjust. So if recommendation is for 1 cup of media(just an example) then use 1/4 cup for the first week and see how things go. Then if all looks good, go to 1/2 cup of media. Make sure you are using a good test kit for No3 and Po4 testing, like salifert.

Monitor Alkalinity daily and try to keep it stable within <.5 dKH.
How are you maintaining your alkalinity and Calcium?, sorry I may have missed this in the original post.

 

[Diesel]

Foremost what @jenreefer already mentioned is a good way to start large water changes.
Secondly daily testing on Po4 with a good test kit.
Strong lighting is a must with Nems.
NO3 is low but not to a concern as we speak.
If you start filtering over GFO do it slow as it could shock your system as we speak.
Maybe start with only a half a cup of GFO in the reactor.
Wait with the AC as you don't want to make many changes at the same time.
Good luck!
Btw, looking at your pics I don't think so your nem is dying, oh and don't feed your nems for a long time.
They get plenty of food out of your water.

 

[Armydogracing]

What test did you use for phosphates? 3.0 is extremely high and I find it hard to believe its that high.

I would suggest replacing those lights they are not very good for reef tanks more meant for freshwater or fowlr tanks.

I agree with others the nem doesn't look like it is dying.

Not sure if there is such a thing as "white bubble tip nems". I think it is a bleached gbta

 

[Diesel]

What test did you use for phosphates? 3.0 is extremely high and I find it hard to believe its that high.

I would suggest replacing those lights they are not very good for reef tanks more meant for freshwater or fowlr tanks.

I agree with others the nem doesn't look like it is dying.

Not sure if there is such a thing as "white bubble tip nems". I think it is a bleached gbta

Low No3 will cause a nem to bleach within two weeks or so.
I agree on you Po4 remarks, 3.0 is super high as we refer to PPM just a test at 0.3 is till high but not in danger to any corals or fish.

 

[Armydogracing]

Low No3 will cause a nem to bleach within two weeks or so.
I agree on you Po4 remarks, 3.0 is super high as we refer to PPM just a test at 0.3 is till high but not in danger to any corals or fish.

Agreed on NO3 but the RBTA looks normal next to it

 

[Delta1389]

Is that the fluval marine and reef 2.0? That's what I'm running on my tank and my rainbow bubble tip is very happy. I have w standard 29 and he rest on the bottom of the tank near the sand and seems to get plenty of light. Was the nem white when you bought it? If so then he was bleached from the get go and already in poor shape.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Btw, looking at your pics I don't think so your nem is dying

Agreed on NO3 but the RBTA looks normal next to it

this.

retest the Po.
nems are WEIRD>>> And other changes to the tank, esp flow or lighting change.

@cromag08 Will you look at these nems Please..

 

[ReefPrincess423]

@jenreefer I dose calcium with aquavitro calcification. Once when my calcium got too high n my alkalinity got low I used Aquavitro eight.four. That safely raised my alkalinity.

Good advice on the gfo reactor thingie. Thank you!!! I probably would've crashed my system.

Also I have an RO system that makes water for me.

 

[ReefPrincess423]

@Armydogracing I'm using Salifert testing.

 

[Sabellafella]

Its a bubble tip and its a little bleached but thats fine, try to get it closer to the light. Its good to be concerned but To tell you the truth, it doesnt look that bad either. If its sagging down, try pointing more flow towards it. Just leave it be for now, make sure your water parameters are ok. Dont bother it And give it time. The nem is moving around, so its not going to look so "swell" untill it has its foot down, and comphy!

 

[ReefPrincess423]

@Sabellafella thank you that makes perfect sense

 

[Armydogracing]

Why are you dosing calcium and alk? Just curious do you have sps or lps?

 

[ReefPrincess423]

@Armydogracing a little of both

 

[Armydogracing]

Do you test your levels before you dose or assume that you should dose? I had an a little of both when I started and never dosed the weekly water changes were enough. With your leather not open I'm gonna assume your alk is out of wack also from dosing. What are your calcium, alk, and mag levels

 

[ReefPrincess423]

Low No3 will cause a nem to bleach within two weeks or so.
I agree on you Po4 remarks, 3.0 is super high as we refer to PPM just a test at 0.3 is till high but not in danger to any corals or fish.

But my No3 is Zero. I am using API Master Reef Test Kit and I use Red Sea Reef Foundation Test Kit for the Ca, etc.

 

[ReefPrincess423]

Do you test your levels before you dose or assume that you should dose? I had an a little of both when I started and never dosed the weekly water changes were enough. With your leather not open I'm gonna assume your alk is out of wack also from dosing. What are your calcium, alk, and mag levels

Yes I do test my levels before I dose. And the leather never bounced back after my alkalinity was low a month ago. It's been like that since then

 

[Armydogracing]

Leathers will close up with high alk also...

What are your levels

Calcium
Alk
Mag