Sammaredsox Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Hey all, I have had this anemone for a little while and all was well until this morning. I got up and it looked like this. Any ideas? No new additions to the tank. It has digested before and I know what that looks like. Just not sure about this look. Tank parameters salinity 1.026, zero nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia. Calcium 360, KH 161.1 and zero phosphates. Link to comment
reefhound Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 lower the salinity to 1.023 right away.. take 1/2 hour to get it there. go slow Link to comment
reefhound Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 what are you measuring salinity with? for starters, it's way too high. and if you are using a cheap hydrometer, it could be much higher Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 1.026 isn't too high. That's what I've always kept my tanks at Link to comment
1891Bro Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 55 minutes ago, reefhound said: lower the salinity to 1.023 right away.. take 1/2 hour to get it there. go slow He said 1.OH26 not 1.26. Not high, just fine. Link to comment
Simulated Fish Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Another 1.026 reefer here, @reefhound this is a common reef tank level, I believe the ocean is 1.026/27 on average. Link to comment
ry05coupe Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 How old is your tank? Stability is key with these guys and you can have parameters swinging without much indication from your hardier fish and corals. Anemones can be very sensitive when they want to be. It does look like it isn't doing great. Keep a close eye on it and if it continues to deteriorate, pull it from the tank. Link to comment
Nixperience Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 1.026 is fine. However, that anemone doesn't look fine. Keep your eye on it. Be prepared. Link to comment
Sammaredsox Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 Salinity is 1.026 with a refractometer. Tank is about 8 months old and was started with live rock and water from another established tank. He was perfect yesterday when I fed some phytoplankton. Not sure what is up with him. Will keep an eye on him. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Do you feed any meaty foods? Anemones require small bits of fish to stay healthy. They can not get enough nutrients just from photosynthesis. Phytoplankton does nothing for anemones. Your anemone looks extremely malnourished. Link to comment
Sammaredsox Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 Feed him mysis shrimp and pieces of silversides as well. Phytoplankton was the last thing (food) I put in the tank though. Link to comment
Tstew32 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Can we see a picture of him before this? Link to comment
Sammaredsox Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 Here are two pictures of what he looked like about a month ago Link to comment
reefhound Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 22 hours ago, Hippieheadshot said: Another 1.026 reefer here, @reefhound this is a common reef tank level, I believe the ocean is 1.026/27 on average. I won't disagree at all.. i'm just a little thrown off by what salinity your tanks run at. I've always thought that this was extremely high, but I guess right now I've got to wonder why mine is so low Link to comment
Simulated Fish Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 1.023 is what people run fish only systems at, nothing wrong with it. 39 minutes ago, reefhound said: I won't disagree at all.. i'm just a little thrown off by what salinity your tanks run at. I've always thought that this was extremely high, but I guess right now I've got to wonder why mine is so low Link to comment
1891Bro Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 1 hour ago, reefhound said: I won't disagree at all.. i'm just a little thrown off by what salinity your tanks run at. I've always thought that this was extremely high, but I guess right now I've got to wonder why mine is so low Needs more salt Link to comment
reefhound Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 8:31 PM, 1891Bro said: Needs more salt more added Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 1.023 - fish only tank Reef tank 1.025 or 1.026 It looks malnourished It needs food How stable ar your parameters? Link to comment
Sammaredsox Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 8 hours ago, Clown79 said: 1.023 - fish only tank Reef tank 1.025 or 1.026 It looks malnourished It needs food How stable ar your parameters? Everything is stable. Since it started looking like this, I am testing every day. Nothing is changing. Gave him some chopped up krill yesterday and he is looking a little better. I feed him 2-3 times a week so not sure. Maybe he is just being finicky. We will see Link to comment
Nixperience Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, Sammaredsox said: Everything is stable. Since it started looking like this, I am testing every day. Nothing is changing. Gave him some chopped up krill yesterday and he is looking a little better. I feed him 2-3 times a week so not sure. Maybe he is just being finicky. We will see Maybe he's getting ready to drop a big deuce. Link to comment
Sammaredsox Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Nixperience said: Maybe he's getting ready to drop a big deuce. This is what I am hoping for! Link to comment
Nixperience Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Sammaredsox said: This is what I am hoping for! I bet when you first started reefing, you never thought you would be hoping for an anemone to drop a deuce. Link to comment
Sammaredsox Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Nixperience said: I bet when you first started reefing, you never thought you would be hoping for an anemone to drop a deuce. Lol, nope I didn't but I really like the quirky nature of anemone. They are an interesting creature! Link to comment
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