RFA on fast decline!

[Joshua2598]

Just a few hours ago he looked perfect, maybe a bit more closed than usual but that isn't uncommon for him. He spawned maybe 5 days ago for a couple days, in case that's a contributing factor. My zoas, mushroom, and clownfish are doing great. But now he looks near to death and possibly throwing up his guts?? For some reason picture are sideways and I can't fix it

 

[Katrina71]

How old is your tank?

 

[Joshua2598]

About a month and a half. He was in for 2 weeks about

 

[Joshua2598]

Probably more than that actually. I had dr Tim's and it cycled the tank extremely fast. Also I dosed some coralline junk that supposedly had bacteria

 

[D. Torres]

About a month and a half. He was in for 2 weeks about

I'm no expert by any means and I fairly new to the reef hobby (kept freshwater for about 6 years) but just my opinion is that you are rushing. If I remember correctly you had issues with adding a clown fish to your tank too early which unfortunately ended up passing due to high ammonia levels. Trust me everyone knows that feeling of excitement with a new tank and wanting to stock all their dream fish and corals but in the long run if you rush you're going to end up with a lot of disappointment and a lot of money down the drain. Just my opinion though, hope everything works out for you.

 

[Joshua2598]

I'm no expert by any means and I fairly new to the reef hobby (kept freshwater for about 6 years) but just my opinion is that you are rushing. If I remember correctly you had issues with adding a clown fish to your tank too early which unfortunately ended up passing due to high ammonia levels. Trust me everyone knows that feeling of excitement with a new tank and wanting to stock all their dream fish and corals but in the long run if you rush you're going to end up with a lot of disappointment and a lot of money down the drain. Just my opinion though, hope everything works out for you.

I know I rushed putting that in, but I had the anemone even before that and it was ok then. I don't believe the clownfish died from ammonia either though, because that usually takes longer than 28 hours from what I've heard. Even in freshwater when I had my first tank, was not even aware cycle existed and the fish that did die died in 2 weeks, not 28 hours. The clownfish I fear was doomed from the start.

 

[Joshua2598]

Oh also ammonia is at 0 now

 

[D. Torres]

Oh also ammonia is at 0 now

Like I said before I am in no way an expert this is just my opinion and I hope it all works out for you. While we're on the topic here's 2 RFAs that I have in my tank, worth the wait.

 

[Joshua2598]

Nice looking dudes, mines a plain yellow and actually looks 10x better than It did when i posted this. Only problem is his mouth is a little wide open so I'll check on him in the morning when i wake up

 

[Joshua2598]

Last night was a false alarm! Looks like he was s just going through something and has now 100% recovered

 

[MarinaP]

It is normal for an anemone to deflate a bit after spawning.

 

[Katrina71]

Glad to hear it's looking better. This is the absolute best place to learn. Lots of knowledge lurking around here.

 

[Joshua2598]

Looks like I was panicked for no good reason