Hello everyone! I am slightly new to reef tanks and anemones. I have had several tanks before that were solely fish and rocks. I have a 120g reef tank that is in the baby stages of coral building. I got this tank from my father in law who had really let it go so we had to scrub everything and pretty much start over. Its been reestablished for about 6 months now and has been fully cycled for quite a while. There are 3 clowns, 1 fire goby, a blue leg hermit, a purple condylactis, and a bubble tip anemone along with a zoa, hammer, and a torch. A month or two ago my nitrates got way out of hand after a blenny got stuck under a rock and died without me knowing right away. It seemed like after that I just could not get them under control no matter how hard I tried or how many water changes I did. My coral all looked fine and both heads of my torch were splitting. My zoas were growing new heads like crazy and my condylactis was growing huge. I had a bad algea bloom (red and green) since the nitrates were high. I also tried the stabilize stuff to lower them. My bubble tip however had not been doing so hot. He began to fade out in color and never inflated his bubbles. His mouth goes through cycles of inflating and then deflating. I began to give up but as a last ditch effort I got my emergency 40b set up with some of the sand(swished thoroughly with salt water) from my 120g and all the live rock that would fit in the tank. I mixed 100% new water and let everything settle for a little while. Then I moved my stock over and drained my 120g to do a 100% water change. I am leaving everything in the 40b for a week or two while I get a new tank stand for the 120g and move it empty (its glass so freaking heavy even empty).
Do you think my bubble tip may recover? If so how long do you think it will take? Any tips?
My new tank set up has perfect perimeters and its been a little less than a week. All my coral and fish are doing great. My bubble tip looks like he might be doing a little better but its so hard to tell. I attached before and after he got sick pictures.
Thanks in advance! Sorry for the long post.
Do you think my bubble tip may recover? If so how long do you think it will take? Any tips?
My new tank set up has perfect perimeters and its been a little less than a week. All my coral and fish are doing great. My bubble tip looks like he might be doing a little better but its so hard to tell. I attached before and after he got sick pictures.
Thanks in advance! Sorry for the long post.