Anemone dieing

[Monster reefer]

ok guys I really need yalls help, I have 7 anemones 5 mini carpets one bubble tip anemone and one ritteri anemone.
The 5 mini look fine and have color and everything bout the bubble tip is loseing color and the ritteri anemones mouth is open really wide, was sitting upside down till I got home at 6:30.
Not sticky to the touch, but still has color. And the clownfish love it.

 

[TUSI]

Ritteri are normally very hard to keep if not all conditions are met. I see a lot of hair algae. What are the conditions in the tank?

 

[Monster reefer]

I'm running 4 kessel 160w
2X 48" ecoxotic 420 actinic led stip
2X48" ecoxotic 20k led strip the 4 are connected to a one touch ecoxotic lighting timer.
Water parameters as of 3/3/16
Salt level: 1.026
Temp: 73.1
Ph: 8.11
ORP:442( I just did a lot of cleaning on the tank tonight)
Specific Gravity: 1.026
Temperature: 73.3
pH: 8.09
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: 0

 

[TUSI]

Temp look a little cold 76-77 is better and your phos and nitrate are probably not zero but due to the algae it might read zero especially the nitrate. what are you doing to keep your phos and nitrates down

 

[Monster reefer]

Currently water changes.

 

[Monster reefer]

Temp is currently at 75.5

 

[TUSI]

do you flactuations in temp

 

[TUSI]

you should run some gfo in a reactor. Water changes only is not going to cut it.

 

[Monster reefer]

Don't have a reactor :/

 

[pugcrush]

How long has the tank been set up? Definitely increase that temperature. Nothing lower than 76/77.

 

[Monster reefer]

Since Christmas last year

 

[Jenaleigh1]

Try some phosguard. I have fought a battle with algae for a year now. You've got nitrates and gunk caught in the algae. The temp does look a little low. Also, maybe try a little zooplankton and phytoplankton. Do you supplement at all? I use the Red Sea kit and even when my other test kit would pick up "perfect" parameters, the Red Sea kit would have me adding things here and there. You can also try some gac. If you're in a pinch, they have it at Walmart at the pet aisle until your lfs opens. If there are any toxins in the water that should help clear it up. You never know what could be landing in your water when other people are cruising around your tank. I caught my daughter cleaning the front of mine with windex a few months ago and had about ten heart attacks lol

 

[NeverlosT]

I have two Ritteri anemones (one and its clone) and in my experience the nutrients are not a big deal, they don't need low nutrients (I have had them stay happy in water with nitrates as high as 30 ppm). I do usually run my temp at 77-78, so you are running a bit cooler than I do. The rest of the properties look pretty solid.

Light/Flow/feeding? I saw your light parameters, though I am not super familiar with any of those so I cant say if they should be sufficient.

My anemones like a good amount of flow, and I feed them a chunk of a silverside once a week.

Do not dispair quite yet, in my experience they are quite hardy. They have each been sucked into powerheads and cut up once in their lives, they have each been to the point that they lose their stick and don't want to eat. Letting them find the spot they like and then coaxing them to start eating is a lot of fun. Good luck!

 

[Reefahholic]

Magnifica don't do well with high neutrients. He may tolerate for a while but will eventually deflate on you. You should read up about feeding silversides.

 

[FishRForMe]

I second those.. I run my tank at 80. Feeding them should help. I also feed bits of silversides to my anemones and spot feed when I feed my corals which is about every 3rd day. Everything loves the pods on my HOB refugium. Is anything over-hosting? My maroon clown almost killed my bubble tip, so I had to take it out. Although I haven't had great luck with my anemones. My long tip split and died. A few others never would settle and hit the dust, so my bubble tip is the only survivor... I'm afraid of the big carpets, myself... Just caught a photo of my cans eating pods..

 

[Monster reefer]

Yeah Tuesday night it looked great, Wednesday it was deflated and this morning it's deflated. I'm about to do a 20% water change once I get home at like 2.
All my other anemones are doing great. I did try to feed it krill the other night but it did not eat it.
Temp is sitting at 77 right now

 

[ash9965]

Good luck I hope things improve for you and the Nem

 

[Boom]

Bubble tips are much more sensitive to chemistry than carpets.
Take some of your water to your local fish store. Have them test your salinity (if you DON'T use a refractometer), phosphates (false zero reading), and especially your Ca, Mg, and alkalinity. The animals can tolerate higher nutrients if the metallic/osmotic balance is there.
From the photo, I'll bet your Ca, Mg, Alk are really low. A water change won't be enough to overcome your deficiencies. The trick to correct these is SLOOOW drip in the sump.
In a pinch, I use 160z water bottles with the solutes diluted in RODI. With a pinprick on the bottom, gravity does the rest.

 

[FishRForMe]

That's funny, my bubble tip is the only survivor... I didn't think about that, but I couldn't do anything without my refractometer. Without it is guessing.... Also, the API tests are useless except for a guess. Make an investment in something specific like red sea tests, so you can get specific numbers if you don't already have them.

 

[trio91]

Since Christmas last year

I think your tank is too new IMO. You have a lot of green/brown stuff in the photos. looks like some bubble algae too in the 1st pic. For your water changes, do you use Rodi?