Will my anemone recover

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I have a bubble tip anemone that has been like tbis for weeks now, i hada water quality issue because i was unable to do a water change for about a month i have since got a RO/DI unit an have been doing the weekly 10%water changes. All my perameters are on point:
Ammonia 0 ppm
High range ph 8.2 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 10 ppm
Calcium 550 ppm
Phosphorus .1 ppm
Magnesium 1380 ppm
Alkalinity 9 dkh

How long doesmit take to recover

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It might take a few days. Just remember to not make any drastic changes to your tank, and you will be ok.
What kind of lights are you using?
How does everything else look in your tank?
Tank size?
 
Thankfully bubble tip anemones are fairly hardy so long as good husbandry can be maintained.
Because you mentioned a water quality issue in your post and then said you recently obtained an RODI unit, is it fair to say you were originally using tap water? If so, you may have high TDS readings which would result in poor water quality issues.
If that is the case, you could do well with a 25% water change using RODI water and maintaining the same SG and temperature of the current system.

FWIW, please do not attempt to feed the anemone during its recovery. Quality lighting and good par readings are all it needs to survive

Good luck
 
It might take a few days. Just remember to not make any drastic changes to your tank, and you will be ok.
What kind of lights are you using?
How does everything else look in your tank?
Tank size?
For some reason i cant get back into this account idk why, but everything in my tank is fine after the water change my clowns and my trigger both look healthy i did lose my dwarf hermit crabs and one of my snails but my other two are back hard at work and my sand star is doing great through it all . Im still using my fluval reef 4.0 but am going to upgrade to a set of pop bloom lights soon. Ive had no issues using my current light just took me a bit figure out a good setting.
 

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