Anemone Dying?

[kathya0321]

So my Anemone is slowly shrinking and sometimes his tentacles are shriveled, I haven't really been feeding him directly so wondering if that could be the reason. He has been in the same spot for 5 months. He closes up sometimes and has some black goo come out, I figured he was pooping. I thought if he was unhappy he would find a new place. I tested my water today and my Nitrates were 46, Phosphate 0.5, but what surprised me was my Ammonia was at 1.0. I have 2 clowns and a blennie only, nothing has died that I know of. Could the anemone be causing the ammonia spike if he is dying? I did a 2 gallon water change right away, I do a 2 gallon water change every week. I can see the anemone's foot and it still looks attached. I don't want him to die and pollute my tank. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[New&no clue]

I would bet it’s reacting to the high nutrients and ammonia. The ammonia could be from inverts that have died (snails, crabs, shrimp). How big is the tank and how long has it been running?

 

[kathya0321]

I would bet it’s reacting to the high nutrients and ammonia. The ammonia could be from inverts that have died (snails, crabs, shrimp). How big is the tank and how long has it been running?

It's a 16 gallon Bio cube and it's been running for 6 months.

 

[Dburr1014]

So my Anemone is slowly shrinking and sometimes his tentacles are shriveled, I haven't really been feeding him directly so wondering if that could be the reason. He has been in the same spot for 5 months. He closes up sometimes and has some black goo come out, I figured he was pooping. I thought if he was unhappy he would find a new place. I tested my water today and my Nitrates were 46, Phosphate 0.5, but what surprised me was my Ammonia was at 1.0. I have 2 clowns and a blennie only, nothing has died that I know of. Could the anemone be causing the ammonia spike if he is dying? I did a 2 gallon water change right away, I do a 2 gallon water change every week. I can see the anemone's foot and it still looks attached. I don't want him to die and pollute my tank. Any help would be appreciated.

What test kits?
Got to get the n&p down.

 

[kathya0321]

What test kits?
Got to get the n&p down.

I use Hannah checkers for Phos and Nitrate. I used API for Ammonia, I did a 2 gallon water change and intend on doing another this weekend.

 

[New&no clue]

I would suggest a 50% water change if your ammonia is really 1.0, although API is not reliable

 

[laverda]

The API ammonia test kit is known to be garbage giving readings when it shouldn't. Although the usually read lower that that. Ammonia could be coming in in your water change or top off water. BTAs love high nitrate and from my experiance will tolerate much high phosphate. They will not tolerate ammonia, neither will your fish for long. Get a good test kit and make sure you don't have any detectable ammonia.
Anemones like a lot of light. What lights do you have and what intensity and duration are you running them? Also what are your other parameters? Especially alkalinity?