Anemone Dying?

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  1. MissEden

    MissEden Plankton

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    A couple days ago my Anemone flipped itself over and my tank quality started went down hill over night like almost everything is covered in brown/reddish algae. Then this morning when I woke up my tank was a little cloudy. should I pull him out?
     
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  3. Camkha1234

    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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  4. Mr. Bill

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    A pic and your parameters might help.

    Does it appear to be dead? It won't affect water quality, otherwise; however, if you have another issue affecting water quality, that would stress the nem and may kill it if not corrected.
     
  5. MissEden

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    I just flipped it and this is what it looks like, my tank was all cloudy this morning, and as you can see from the rock it has algae. The algae didn't appear until the day after the anemone flipped over , it was over night.
     

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  6. Mr. Bill

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    Yikes! Looks like a goner to me. Sorry. Yeah, get it out ASAP before it overwhelms your bio-filter with ammonia and does even more harm.

    You may want to run some GAC if you don't already, or if you do, increase the amount for a few days. A couple water changes wouldn't hurt, either.
     
  7. MissEden

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    thank you, I pulled him out. I am doing some water changes, and I haven't started running GAC, What exactly is that? Because I will do so asap.
     
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  9. MissEden

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    Sorry I am still kinda new to Salt water. Learning everyday.
     
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    scott561 Astrea Snail

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    activated carbon
     
  11. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Granular activated carbon.

    To each their own, but I'd never run a SW tank without it. :)
     
  12. MissEden

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