Anemones

My anemones arent doing very well, i am very puzzled by this I belive that i have thought of every thing Thanks,
Griffin
PARAMETERS (important)
Temperature:74.2
PH: 7.8
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:0
Salinity:1.024
dKH/KH/Alkalinity:10/179
Magnesium:N/A
Calcium:420
Phosphate:0
Test kits you own:API Saltwater Master Test kit, and reef test kit
Liquid or Strips:Liquid
Brand Name:API
Are they Expired?:


Tank size?55 Gallon
Estimated total system?80 Gallon

Reef, fish only or, freshwater?Reef (fish, invert, anemone, Hopeing to get corals)

Current inhabitants? What and how many?
Clean up crew?yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, 4 Striped Damsel, Flame Angel, Diamond Goby, Cleaner Shrimp, Peppermint Shrimp, Blood/Fire Shrimp, Bubble Tip anemones 7

How long has your tank been set-up?11-17-08

Substrate.Caribbean Sand
Type?Not crushed coral, but not fine sand
Depth?1.5-3.5 Inches(diamond goby)

Live rock?yes
How much?100 LBS
Did you recently add some?no

Filtration.
Type?Sump and fuge
Protein skimmer?yes 2
Do you wet or dry skim?no
Maintenance schedule for filtration? 2weeks
Drilled tank/hang on back overflow?Overflow
Sump/refugium. What's in it and how much?sump: Protien Skimmerx2, Uv sterilzer
Macro? What kind?yes, chetomorpha

Lighting.AquaticLife T5 High Output Lights AquaticLife T5 High Output Lights, Lighting | Pet Solutions
Lighting type?T5
Age of bulbs?a month

Feeding
What?Fish: Formulia 1, mysis, krill. Inverts: mysis, krill, silversides.
Anemones: mysis, krill, silversides.
How much?Fish: Formulia 15 pellits , mysis 1 cube, krill 1 cube. Inverts: mysis.5 cube, krill.5 cube, silversides1 peace that is 1 cm in lenth.
Anemones: mysis.75 cube, krill.75 cube, silversides1 peace that is 1 cm in length..
How often?Fish: Formulia 1 1 a day, mysis swiches with krill at random. Inverts: mysis1 every 3 days, krillswiches off with mysis for varity, silversides when i feed anemones.
Anemones: mysisswiches off with krill, silversides try every day but dosent always happen.

Water change schedule. once every 2 weeks
How much?10 gallons
How often?Once every 2 weeks
What salt brand? Tropic Marin
Water source?RO unit off of well water

Additives/supplements used?
Kent marine Iodione

Do you have a ground probe?
What kind of flow does your tank have? 2 korella 4s

 

First thing I saw was that your temp is low, should be between 77-81


luna

 

Second thing, are you dosing Iodine? If you are, you need to be testing for it. High Iodine levels will cause havoc and even a crash.


luna

 

Increacing temp slowly, getting Iodine test kit today

 

any other test kits i need

 

try copper test. also has anyone sprayed airsole cans around the tank?

 

General and great rule of thumb is to test for everything you dose.


luna

 

Your basic tests for what you have in there right now are:

NH4, NO2, NO3, pH, Ca, Mg, ALK. You are getting the Iodine test kit and that is good. You need to realize that you should not add what you cannot test for. That is a rule. And very few people dose iodine into their systems. Water changes with a quality salt mix will add what you need.

Luna noticed your temp is off.....and he is right. You are doing well by raising it slowly.

Now, I want to know how many inches of fish you have in your system. The tang and maroon can get big enough that they will eventually have no business in a 55g tank (well...together at least). Tangs, by the book, should probably not go in a tank less then 72 inches long. I break that rule with mine.....but I have one medium size tang in a 90g. Once it grows large it is gone. The clown can be a good center piece fish......clowns do not need much swimming room. They don't stray far from their host anemones and do that their entire lives.

Your system looks good all around. Good lighting, good skimming, you know what you are doing...that is evident. Just need a little fine-tuning and you will be up and running full throttle once again.

Just a side note....you probably don't need to manually feed the anemones that often. Maybe once a week with the silversides.

When did you get the anemones anyway?

 

got April 11 2009

 

Well....they should be used to it by now....has the temp been this low the whole time?