Green BTA not looking so good! HELP!

ynzheng - he is doing a little better. Picture to follow after they are done uploading.

TigerMike74 - Thanks for the info. My Calcium should come down soon but my testing kit states that a reef should be between 8 - 10 dKh. I am around 9dKh. I will use my dKh additive today and see what happens.

 

Here it is with my Clarkii:



My New Rose BTA:



And my V-Twin (lol) Bubble Coral, one of the never comes out as you can see.



Enjoy... Please keep my informed on what you know!!

ALSO.... See those Brown Pedal like things to the right of my Rose BTA... What are they? Thanks!

 

Test kits are cookie cutter in terms of what things should be. As long as your understand the chemistry and theories behind a healthy chemical balance, you will be fine. Having elevated levels is perfectly fine and healthy, as long as they are all in balance and proportional to each other. Having 400/1200/10 is just as healthy as 480/1400/12. The key to animal healthy is to keep everything stable. People here have success running their tanks at 8.0pH, which by the test kit books should result in nothing but death. The key is that they don't allow that 8.0 to swing at all. Where people have problems is when something goes slightly off, then they try to compensate. Thy add pH up when their pH drops to 8.1, then it spikes to 8.7, then they try dropping it because they are worried, then it goes down to 7.6, wash rinse repeat; next thing you know, their entire tank is dead.
Point being, don't worry about the levels too much. As long as you are doing your routine water changes, or dosing properly (if you are in the "no water chagnes crowd), then your tank will be fine.

P.S. Your Clarkii is ay too big for either anemone, IMHO. He will wear them both out in no time at all. I would suggest blocking off both anemones in a section of your tank so your clown can't get to it. Feed them krill and silversides like mad to get them to grow to at least double the size of the clown, before letting him play in the anemones again. I speak from experience, he will stress them to the point of death.

 

I am religious about H20 changes. I make a run to the LFS where they give out free RO/DI water. I usually get 10G at a time a week. Sometimes more cause I have a 100G aggressive tank.

 

Bedtime Update:

Yay!!! My Clarkii is now with the Rose BTA... It seems to be covering him up alot more. The BTA's tenticles are fully extend, since it is night time, and Clarkii is loving the new home. My Green BTA, however, seems to be closed up about 50% of the way. It seems as though he will stay put during the day and move at night. It appears that he is going higher onto his rock. I wonder where he will be in the morning. I did happen to change where my sump return would normally flow at a steady stream back into the tank and the back corners. It was setup to drop about 1" out of the PVC and back into the tank. I had a few pieces of PVC left over so I attached another 90 degree elbow to point the flow upwards which now breaks the surface with a nice stream. Also noticed the micro bubbles aren't as bad now. Finally I grabbed a few extra small chunks of LR out of my 100G and put them in the Sump. Night!!! Will update after work tomorrow! TGIF!!!!

PS... I really need some Bio-Balls in the sump!!!

 

I would suggest getting LR in your sump instead of bio-balls, much more beneficial for your tank.

 

That is what I will continue to do. Seems like my Rose is handling the Clarkii very well. My Green BTA took a few days to himself and migrated during the night up high to a new spot and looks very good today. My Clarkii doesn't stay in the Rose 24/7 like he did to the Green BTA so I believe that may be an influential factor.

 

Picture!