Worried about my bubble tip

[vetteguy53081]

It’s not on the sand bed. It’s on the purple rock on the left. Thank you for this info. I was getting mixed info from where I was getting my information. My nitrate, nitrite and ammonia is all reading 0. PH is 8.2. Temp is staying around 78.6. My gravity is at 1.023 so I need to bring that up. As for the hardness I don’t know. I will have to get a better testing kit to get all of that.

Bring salt to 1.025
All zero seems unusual. Are you by chance using API test kits ?

 

[christyahumada]

Bring salt to 1.025
All zero seems unusual. Are you by chance using API test kits ?

Will do and Yes I do, but I also take it weekly to the store to be tested to make sure until I can get a better test kit. It’s more like a little above 0 but it’s barely showing when it does.

 

[christyahumada]

I see it on the rock there. Don't be hands on with it. Focus on the correct parameters, lighting and flow. Once you think you have those correct, focus on stability and repetition. Do not get hands on with your anemone. They can move and hide. Any attempt by you to change where it is will cause more stress. Only time for you to put your hands on it would be if it's floating freely, about to go in a power head, or has the look of deteriorating. They will inflate and deflate. My 12" nem can deflate to the size of a mouthfull of big league chew.

I am leaving it where it is. Right now it seems to elongate out if I turn my wave maker on, so I turned them off. I didn’t want to upset it. Should I turn one back on or air until it is more settled in?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I am leaving it where it is. Right now it seems to elongate out if I turn my wave maker on, so I turned them off. I didn’t want to upset it. Should I turn one back on or air until it is more settled in?

yes, at least some circulation

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I am leaving it where it is. Right now it seems to elongate out if I turn my wave maker on, so I turned them off. I didn’t want to upset it. Should I turn one back on or air until it is more settled in?

Turn on the pumps, it needs flow

 

[christyahumada]

Turn on the pumps, it needs flow

One more question. Glass lid on or off? Right now it’s on.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I use a glass tops on my tank, but it's to keep cats out and precipitation down.
The glass top is more of a preference than anything. The light can get through it. Maybe look at upgrading the lights to (2) Noopsyche 140w K7 V3. They have a sale on now and are pretty good from what I've seen in my tank.

 

[christyahumada]

Bring salt to 1.025
All zero seems unusual. Are you by chance using API test kits ?

Which test kit should I get?

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Which test kit should I get?

Salifert, Hanna, Red Sea, really anything other than API. I trust Tetra test strips more than any API tests

 

[vetteguy53081]

Which test kit should I get?

Salifert or Hanna

 

[christyahumada]

Unfortunately it is dry rock , live rock is old and mature and seeded with Bacteria / micro fauna that helps stabilize a tank - anemones love stability and with dry rock you will be going through various cycles not including the nitrogen cycle which could affect the health of the anemone , as lighting I would recommend the vivaspextra 300watt black box it is budget friendly and wil be able to provide the necessary light

There are 2 different kinds of this light. One is for plants and the other says for aquariums. Does it matter?

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

There are 2 different kinds of this light. One is for plants and the other says for aquariums. Does it matter?

big time, totally different light spectrums

 

[christyahumada]

big time, totally different light spectrums

Thank you

 

[dvgyfresh]

This is the light I was talking about