Anemone is not doing so good. I need some advice

[dja3617]

I recently purchased a hosted clown with anemone. Can someone please identify the anemone for me? When I first purchased it it was about the size of my fist with long dark testicles and pink tips..I didn't know I was supposed manually feed it so for the first month and half or 2 months I didn't manually feed it anything and now it has shrunk to about half the size and it's almost clear. Could this be from the feeding? Water perameters? Lack of lighting? I'll post pics of what it looks like now later today when I get home

 

[twilliard]

Without knowing what lighting you have and what are all your parameters are its hard to give an idea of the situation

 

[mochaclownlover]

Looks kinda like a BTA

 

[Titanwerx]

Where are its "long dark testicles"? Lol, but yea were going to need all your water parameters and lighting type/strength and age of your aquarium to give you any advice.

 

[dja3617]

OK so I have a 20 gallon high, pH is 8.3, ammonia is 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate at 5.0ppm calcium at 420ppm salinity at 1.0027 and I have a 24in Marineland reef lighting is there any other perameter needed???

 

[dja3617]

This is what anemone looks like now

 

[spllbnd2]

Would aslo be helpful to know how long the tank has been up and fully operational, alk levels, Phosphate levels, what types of additives that you add (if any) and maybe what levels the Marineland LED lighting is at. Not sure how the light is for a 20H.

Cheers,
Alex

 

[dja3617]

The tank has been up for 6 months don't know phosphate and all lvls right now

 

[spllbnd2]

Knowing where the PO and Alk levels are may help pin point any issues with your system as a whole. Some phospates are okay, but if they are to high, that may be an indication as to why the nem isn't doing well.

How often do you feed? How much do you feed and what types of food do you feed the fish and nem?

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

That anemone looks bleached to me. I would consider changing the lighting to either T5 or a stronger LED unit. You will need to be careful to acclimate the anemone to the lighting slowly.

 

[dja3617]

Well like a stated before I didn't feed the nem the first month I had him I just started feeding him little chunks of tuna and the fish get pellets and twice a week frozen brine shrimp

 

[dja3617]

O man don't say that is there a way to get him back to normal

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

I would stop feeding tuna. A better alternative would be a little bit of mysis shrimp. Be careful not to overfeed. These anemones do not need much food. Overfeeding can cause the food to rot inside the anemone.

 

[dja3617]

When I first got it it immediately went under the rocks and that's where it stayed

 

[dja3617]

How do I feed my sis shrimp there so small??

 

[Tahoe61]

Your specific gravity is on the high side, are you using a refractometer?
Anemones loose Zooxanthellae when the lighting is not sufficient, and or with elevated water temperature. You really need a better fixture if you're going to keep sensitive inverts, just no way around that.
I would attempt to feed the anemone tiny pieces of raw fish (saltwater fish), scallops, raw shrimp. Just place the small piece on the tentacles.

Good Luck

 

[Reab]

Your specific gravity is on the high side, are you using a refractometer?
Anemones loose Zooxanthellae when the lighting is not sufficient, and or with elevated water temperature. You really need a better fixture if you're going to keep sensitive inverts, just no way around that.
I would attempt to feed the anemone tiny pieces of raw fish (saltwater fish), scallops, raw shrimp. Just place the small piece on the tentacles.

Good Luck

Ive always had great success in feeding silverside pieces to my BTA and rock flower. If im feeling lazy i use a turkey baster and gently push mysis out to them. I feed max 2x a week, they rely more on lighting and they always seem to catch some straggling mysis. It is very possible the issue is your lighting. I would get a t5 fixture and run a blue actinic.

 

[steelheader.262]

Good luck with you Anemone, hopefully it comes around for you.

 

[dja3617]

Thanks guys I just don't know

 

[Reab]

Anemones can be very finicky, i once had one die because the hosting clown would not allow it time to anchor itself on a rock, lesson learned, separate the two when adding