What is wrong with my bubble tip

Ever since my moved everything over to my 90g my bubble tip anemone has not open up, she stay closed and there are string coming off it.

 

check your nitrates , what lights are you using? are you dosing trace elements at all ? mine just had a similar problem it was a lack of trace elements .. as coral reefer told me they can tell you how your water is going .

hope this helps
matt

 

and temp as well if the tank goes too warm they shrink up to expell the water .

 

The only thing that is out of order is my Sp. Grar...it’s at 1.031...way to high so I am in the middle of bring that under control. Ro/DI water changes. I have not added anything to my tank expect for CAL. What trace elements should I look into? I am going to the LFS in the morning

 

wow looks dead to me. If not its really really unhappy!! If your system is new they you probably have some ammonia, and high nitrates. Anemones hate bad water conditions. Your anemone wont shrink up like that with low lights, they will just bleach out and have to be feed alot. Hope this helps,

Michael

 

get your salinty down i bought a bottle of kent essential element it worked wonders

 

Almost forgot, I am using 760watt MH. I placed my anemone at the bottom, so I don’t fry her.

 

well you got the lights covered, . just get that SG down and see if that helps. I know my anemone looks fine in the 1/024-1.026 range. But in my nano the SG goes up fast sometimes, and will get to around 1.028 and the anemone still looks ok. If you do regular water changes you shouldnt need trace elements. The salt mix has all you need. Good luck with that guy, mybe he is just stressing out because of the move.

 

thanks. that is what I am hoping for, but he has been in the 90g over 1-1/2 months.

 

Your SG is way to high!!! If it has risen quickly, that is probably the problem with your anemone! One thing to remember is that you can, alot of times, get away with certain things for short periods of time if they happen gradually!!! If things happen to quickly causing spikes or lows, that is when you get in trouble!!!
I am willing to bet that the anemone isn't going to make it unfortunately! When it looks like yours and dispells its insides like that which is different from that of it regurgitating its food-it is pretty much a goner!!!!
You may see if it looks better in a day or so, however, having kept anemones for a while-you will only create more problems by leaving it in your tank to decay and pollute your water IMO, possibly wiping out your entire tank in due time!(ammonia, nitrite and nitrate spikes for sure)...