Is my anenome alright?

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  1. gerendai

    gerendai Plankton

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    Hi everybody,
    two weeks ago, I bought a new anenome.
    I have been trying to feed it schrimps and fish (aswell other meaty foods), but it didn't accept any of it.
    Today it ate some mysis, but not much.
    It had an accident with a powerhead, but thank god it had a sponge in it, so nothing happened.
    Please can you guys have a look at it? Is it alright? or sick maybe?
    Parameters( the tank is 80 gallon or 300L and 3 years old):
    PO4: 0.001
    nitrate: 0
    Ca: 450
    Mg: 1400
    KH: 11
    PH: 8.3

    my lighting is a ATI sunpower T5 6x54W
     

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  3. oyf709

    oyf709 Bristle Worm

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    Wat kind of anemone is it? The color kind of concern me. Can u tell us if it's sticky when u feeding? And does it move around or is it already establish on the lr ?

    Usually the light color could be the first alarming sign, then it would how sticky is the nem . If it doesn't sticky on food easily and that is another sign of bad condition. And the last thing is the foot. If its settle securely on lr and not just laying around that's good otherwise it is not doing well.
     
  4. gerendai

    gerendai Plankton

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    Can't remeber the name sadly, but i will ask my LFS when it opens on monday (but if i remember right its a rose anenome). The color was like this when i bought it.
    Yes it is very sticky when feeding, even the small fish i gave it, was full of it.
    I tried to place it somewhere else yesterday, because it went under the rock completly, but it started to go back.
    When it was moving on the LR the foot was attached, but since it moved down from, it is attached to small rocks on the ground.

    My cleaner schrimps tried to steal its food, I have been trying to force close it by touching it a little, but it won't close, just puff up like a baloon
     
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  5. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    It does appear bleached, and it's definitely stressed. It might survive, but you need to stop moving it, stop touching it, and stop trying to overfeed it.

    Nems usually need time to fully acclimate themselves to their new environment. This can include hiding under a rock for a few days or so.

    Nems are also mostly photosynthetic, and have a very rudimentary digestive system. Overfeeding will lead to an internal bacterial infection which is usually fatal. Even in a bleached state, a small piece of meaty food once every 2 weeks should suffice, but again, it still needs time to fully acclimate first.
     
  6. kimberlee

    kimberlee Flamingo Tongue

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    Was it this color 2 weeks ago when you brought it home? You say it's a rose anemone, which makes me think RBTA, but it could be an LTA. Does it ever show bubbles at the tips?
     
  7. gerendai

    gerendai Plankton

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    yes it was exactly like this 2 weeks ago, and it has no bubbles on the tips.
    I think its a LTA, remember the LFS store dealer saying something like that.
    I removed 3 clown fishes that were hosting my wunder coral (and killing it), Should I put them back into the tank, so they might feed the anemone or should they stay in the quarantine tank?

    But what should i do, if it goes completely under the rock, how should i check if its not rotting?
    Don't want to loose all my fish and corals for one anenome.
     
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  9. kimberlee

    kimberlee Flamingo Tongue

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    Okay first if the clowns are not stressed in the QT tank leave them there. They would more than likely do damage to the nem, if they hosted it (a lot wont host an LTA). To much clown love can be bad. If it goes completely under a rock leave it be. My spectrum on my lighting changed, when it shorted, and mine just went missing did a big WC and upgraded my lights.This doesn't mean don't check, just don't poke and obsess. Not sure how deep a 80Gal tank is, but depending on that your lights sound fine. To me it looks more than saveable, proper lighting (which is easier w/ BTA & LTA) and stable water in the key. Would not try to feed heavy, just shoot some small stuff in that direction a little, and it will take what it wants, if anything at all.
     
  10. oyf709

    oyf709 Bristle Worm

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    I agree with the 2 points that was posted,

    1) Please don't move over handle the nem in this case, if it get under the rock, it is meant to be and doesn't matter how much you move it, it will still move udner the rock. You have to let it get use to what you have.(water/light even water movement)

    2) Feeding during the month is not really needed, if your light is good enough, the nem should be able to survive off that alone, not to mention some left over from feeding the fish.

    I would add one more thing is that how old is your T5, could it be that it might need to change bulb?
     
  11. gerendai

    gerendai Plankton

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    I changed all the five bulbs 3 months ago. (1 bulb at a week, so it won't stress corals and fish).
    Something happened to my anemone. This morning when i woke up, i went to have a look at it, and well it looked really bad ( pic included ).
    Nothing happened to the water parameters, it was actually fine about 2 hours ago.
     

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  12. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Welcome to 3reef.

    The local fish store sold you are very poor specimen. I would shop else where if they do not refund you the price of the anemone or give you store credit.

    The anemone is in such poor healthy that I can not tell what type it's is supposed to be.

    Good luck.