Questions about Display tank

[Saltwada]

Hi everyone!

So my two anenomes havent been eating some silverside or krill lately. They look very werid latley and the brown anenome hasnt grown at all and i had it for years. sometimes they both dont get open enough to even feed them. also my hermit crabs keep ending up dead i dont know what the problem is. Also the last question i had was: Do UV sterilizers kill pods? if i put one in m tank to help get riid of ich faster will it be good or should i just use pods and not worry about a uv sterilizer

 

[James M]

Your nems are both bleached due to insufficient lighting.
The uv sterilizer will kill pods.

 

[Saltwada]

Your nems are both bleached due to insufficient lighting.
The uv sterilizer will kill pods.

really? why don't they move to a better spot? i have both in the light so its pretty suprising to me

 

[ReeferReefer]

Please give us more information. What lighting do you have on the tank. What are the tank dimensions? What kind of filtration are you using? What are you parameters?

 

[Saltwada]

Please give us more information. What lighting do you have on the tank. What are the tank dimensions? What kind of filtration are you using? What are you parameters?

sorry im still fairly new to this site. i have a sump filtrations 60 gallon cube and i have a radion light running light at 50 percent. what does the term bleached mean and how do i care for the anenome?

 

[Saltwada]

Your nems are both bleached due to insufficient lighting.
The uv sterilizer will kill pods.

what did you mean by bleached

 

[Magellan]

what did you mean by bleached

Bleached means that the symbiotic bacteria that turns light into energy have largely been expelled by the nem, which gives it a colorless appearance. I believe this can happen both from high temperatures and lack of light/too much light.

 

[Saltwada]

Bleached means that the symbiotic bacteria that turns light into energy have largely been expelled by the nem, which gives it a colorless appearance. I believe this can happen both from high temperatures and lack of light/too much light.

ah ic ic. what is the best way to get an anenome back to health?

 

[Magellan]

Nems need stability, good lighting, and food. Sounds like you have the food part down! How stable is your salinity and alkalinity? Inverts are sensitive too, and you said you had hermits dying. (Temperature could be a factor as well).

 

[Saltwada]

Nems need stability, good lighting, and food. Sounds like you have the food part down! How stable is your salinity and alkalinity? Inverts are sensitive too, and you said you had hermits dying. (Temperature could be a factor as well).

yeah when i first started the hobby i had a green bubble tip that split, but after time my nem just died and another shrunk. i still have one that looks like a tiny little one. My green bubble i just bought doesnt open much anymore so im wonder what could be wrong with my tank. I am trying to spray reef roids on it but it doesnt look like it eats. ive seen other nems eat things real quick but mine doesnt. my inverts have been fine since i got an auto top off so my salinity doesn't swing anymore. ALK is about 7-8 rn im dosing the b-ionic alk and calc. My temp is around 78 all the time.

 

[Jon Fishman]

I don’t feed nems. You don’t have to, and I believe you shouldn’t.

My BTAs did great when I had them in a Max Nano running only a stock return pump.

Adequate lighting is certainly important..... mine have been under black-box, HD Prime, and now Radion/T5 combo. Always have done great unless there were changes.

Stability seems like the key to these. Only time i almost lost them was due to one eating a mini-maxi carpet nem.

If your tank is stable, just keeping the light on and not directly blasting it with a PH, it should be good.........

How long has the decline been to get to where it is now???

I would 100% stop feeding.

 

[Saltwada]

I don’t feed nems. You don’t have to, and I believe you shouldn’t.

My BTAs did great when I had them in a Max Nano running only a stock return pump.

Adequate lighting is certainly important..... mine have been under black-box, HD Prime, and now Radion/T5 combo. Always have done great unless there were changes.

Stability seems like the key to these. Only time i almost lost them was due to one eating a mini-maxi carpet nem.

If your tank is stable, just keeping the light on and not directly blasting it with a PH, it should be good.........

How long has the decline been to get to where it is now???

I would 100% stop feeding.

i currently have radion light on my main tank and the lighting should be better than my very first tank which really grew the nems. maybe ill check the ph of the tank, but how do i keep ph stable? one time i had to dose, but havent tested in a while. i just wanna save my bubble tips and help them grow. i told myself if i can fix my nems now ill buy a rose bubble. the decline has been going on for maybe about 8 months. i just added a new one last week and still looks like its starting to affect the nem. im getting prettty sad

 

[Saltwada]

Please give us more information. What lighting do you have on the tank. What are the tank dimensions? What kind of filtration are you using? What are you parameters?

Hey sorry never got around to this, but now i have a 60 gal 24 by 24. I have a sump filtration with filter sock and refugium. Here are my parameters that i know.
Nitrite/Ammonia=0
ph 8.0
Nitrate: 40
Calc 350
Alk 7-8
Mag: 1350
Salinity 1.023
Temp: 78

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[Magellan]

well, there’s the problem! Your Nitrates are very high for a reef tank. Some biomedia will help with that, and increase your water change schedule ASAP.

Water Quality in Saltwater Aquariums

Learn how to maintain water quality in your marine aquarium with our tips on daily upkeep and measuring water parameter levels.

www.thesprucepets.com

They kinda overcomplicate this - you could just stick a bag of Purigen in your sump for the immediate future, in addition to water changes.

 

[Saltwada]

well, there’s the problem! Your Nitrates are very high for a reef tank. Some biomedia will help with that, and increase your water change schedule ASAP.

Water Quality in Saltwater Aquariums

Learn how to maintain water quality in your marine aquarium with our tips on daily upkeep and measuring water parameter levels.

www.thesprucepets.com

They kinda overcomplicate this - you could just stick a bag of Purigen in your sump for the immediate future, in addition to water changes.

oh does that really lower it? ivebeen battling nitrates for quite some time that its become the norm, you think lowering it will help the nem not shrink?

 

[Magellan]

oh does that really lower it? ivebeen battling nitrates for quite some time that its become the norm, you think lowering it will help the nem not shrink?

For a reef tank you want nitrates of 5 or less

 

[Saltwada]

For a reef tank you want nitrates of 5 or less

wow okay so do you think thats been the problem? which one other than purigen would you recommend i can never tell which one to buy because sometimes i get one and it doesnt help at all

 

[Magellan]

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[Magellan]

Basically, you have a buildup of organics that your bacteria can’t get rid of fast enough. Your deep sand bed may need to be cleaned, as well as adding additional bio media to your filtration. Purigen will keep the problem from getting worse, and water changes will make it better. It’s fixable!

 

[Wolf89]

I think your nitrate problem is a bit overexaggerated. I agree they're a bit high, but I don't think it would be causing such a problem. Yes doing what @Magellan recommends, but I feel it may not be the root cause of your problem. I've had nems in 150+ nitrate for a couple months before the problem was fixed and they were just fine. Just my opinion.
What I do think may be causing your problem is your salinity. It should be at least 1.025, preferably 1.026.