Urgent

my atlantic anemone was fine an hour ago, not the area around the mouth looks like it's melted away!!! what do i do???

 

what can you do?

Generally when an anemone starts dying it doesnt stop - but first thing first lets try to determine the problem.

Lighting and parameters are a good place to start. nitrates and phosphates being the key parameters here.

 

nitrate 0.1
nitrite 0.2
phosphate 0.1
ammonia 0

metal halide and a t5 actinic

i have a sea urchin as well which is perfectly fine, wouldnt its spines falling off indicate a water quality fluctuation?

 

A picture might help, are you sure it's not just splitting?

edit: ooh, whats causing the nitrites? how much LR do you have in the tank? any supplimental filtration?

 

trying to get a pic up now, and a load of white stuffs coming out of the top as well

 

how old is the tank? How long has the anemone been in the there?

 

i dont know the exact amount of lr, but my lfs told me its more than enough, got a protein skimmer rated 5 times my tank vol, also a canister filter which came with the tank. do i have to pull this thing out now?

 

fish are now eating what is coming out of it

 

thanks for your concern guys!!, crisis averted, was just a dead fish i fed it yesterday, looks like it didn't want to digest the rest.

many thanks!

 

LOL, gotta love indigestion