snowflake rose bubble tip anemone help.

[Gareth elliott]

Np
As far as getting your salinity back in line. Get a refractometer, i use one off amazon. Its very difficult to calibrate a swing arm hydrometer so if it goes off, you wont know.

After you have an accurate reading use a calculator to change the salinity over a few water changes by adding freshwater to your water change water.

An example.

Tank water is 40ppm about what 1.03 sg is i think i read its 9 gallons so using that.

Add enough freshwater to your water change water to bring down to 32ppm.
After 4 2 gallon water changes your will be at ~35ppm. Do these a day or 2 apart so not changing it drastically at once.

 

[Bryce Mazloum]

ah gotcha, I'll look for a cheap refractometer as well as a testing kit.

 

[Deiblerj]

Your tank looks very clean, how long have you had it running? Nems can be hard to keep in large tanks where the parameters can fluctuate a little more without having immediate effects on living creatures. With a small tank the smallest change could really throw things off since you’re dealing with less water to dilute the fluctuations.

I would say adding a nem before AT LEAST 7/8 months of steady parameters in an established tank would be risky.——sorry just saw in another post you said tank has been up for over a year. Was skimming through on my phone

As far as the tentacles being stretched out and not bubbling up meaning their hungry, I’m not sure I believe that. If seen tons of treads and websites stating otherwise. I have 4 BTAs in my tank. My original which is my healthiest started out bubbled up all the time. It kept growing and stopped bubbling up. It split twice so far and none of them bubble up. The other one I have almost died, came back and is staying bubbled up. I feed them probably every other day but they can survive mainly on light and don’t require direct feeding all the time.

With that being said, what do you have for a light source?

 

[jeffchapok]

ah gotcha, I'll look for a cheap refractometer as well as a testing kit.

$17.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KBQDPC/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_nlvDCb2A3BK1M

 

[Loggerhead]

Every day take a cup of saltwater out of the tank and add a cup of ro. This will lower it slowly.

 

[Bryce Mazloum]

Your tank looks very clean, how long have you had it running? Nems can be hard to keep in large tanks where the parameters can fluctuate a little more without having immediate effects on living creatures. With a small tank the smallest change could really throw things off since you’re dealing with less water to dilute the fluctuations.

I would say adding a nem before AT LEAST 7/8 months of steady parameters in an established tank would be risky.——sorry just saw in another post you said tank has been up for over a year. Was skimming through on my phone

As far as the tentacles being stretched out and not bubbling up meaning their hungry, I’m not sure I believe that. If seen tons of treads and websites stating otherwise. I have 4 BTAs in my tank. My original which is my healthiest started out bubbled up all the time. It kept growing and stopped bubbling up. It split twice so far and none of them bubble up. The other one I have almost died, came back and is staying bubbled up. I feed them probably every other day but they can survive mainly on light and don’t require direct feeding all the time.

With that being said, what do you have for a light source?

yup the tank has been running since about september of last year, as for the light I run the aquamaxx nemo light at 30% white and 90% blue, and while yes I have heard the same about the nem not being bubbly and still healthy, but he accepts the frozen mysis I gave him, even going as far as eating an entire cube in a day.

 

[Bryce Mazloum]

Every day take a cup of saltwater out of the tank and add a cup of ro. This will lower it slowly.

I talked to my lfs again and they gave me a step by step guide of what to do.
1. test salinity.
2. take out a cup of tank water and then replace with RODI water
3. Do a normal water change and add a little bit of fresh water.

 

[Bryce Mazloum]

$17.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KBQDPC/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_nlvDCb2A3BK1M

thanks!! this really helps

 

[FishDoc]

I would not do anything until you have an accurate way to test what you’re attempting to change. If you just guess and check you’re likely to cause more unnecessary stress to the animal than has already been done.

 

[reef lover]

You stated adding melafix to the tank? Does the #reefsquad know if this med is removable or is the tank now unuseable for coral....

 

[Ron Reefman]

You stated adding melafix to the tank? Does the #reefsquad know if this med is removable or is the tank now unuseable for coral....

I believe it is just an antibacterial treatment. I found this online:

API® Melafix is an all-natural antibacterial treatment that works to treat infections in fish. ... API Melafix will not adversely affect the biological filter, alter the pH, or discolor water. It is safe for use in freshwater, saltwater, and reef aquariums, and in aquariums with live plants.

 

[sfin52]

it should be able to be removed with carbon. Causes the skimmer to go nuts. Ive used it just not in a reef when I was new to the hobbyv

 

[Gareth elliott]

Melafix isnt long lasting on its own to boot. Its a tree oil. That will readily breakdown to amino acids on its own after time. In a reef this is probably faster than a freshwater aquarium, due to intense lighting and flow rates, that cause fractionation.

 

[Captain Quint]

Welcome to R2R.

You've had a tough time learning thus far but are on your way to success with the guidance being given.

Please follow the advice already given and also remember to top off with RODI fresh as the water evaporates, not the salt.

Please keep us advised.