Anemone woes

rebecky45 · Mar 27, 2013

So, my rbta hasn't been as open as usual, but nothing too abnormal. I've noticed it doing this, some of what appear to be the insides showing through the mouth...this is the second time this week. Any thoughts? It doesn't stay like this for maybe a few minutes, then it pulls its insides back in. My other bta who is not close by is fine.

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rebecky45 · Mar 27, 2013

Here is a better picture.

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46gReef · Mar 27, 2013

I also have 2 BTA's in my tank & they flip flop doing this same behavior....I just added them 3 weeks ago so I'm hoping part of it is just them acclimating to my tank. Having said that IME, as long as they stay attached they are usually fine. Some say when they shrivel it's them expelling waste which I could definitely see, have these been in your tank awhile? Any recent changes/additions etc?

46gReef · Mar 27, 2013

Oh, after seeing that second pic I agree it's looking a little funky....when mine shrivel their mouth doesn't usually look like that.....

46gReef · Mar 27, 2013

Also, what are your H2O parameters?

rebecky45 · Mar 27, 2013

I've had them for a few months...and I've seen them expel waste...this is a bit different. Params are: salinity: 1.025, nitrate: between 0 and 3, no ammonia or nitrite, phos: 0.02 and I just replaced phosguard yesterday, cal: 400, pH: 8.4, kh: 9. Nothing has really changed tank wise in the past month ( we upgraded to a larger tank, but have noticed no problems with the nem til this...and the other nem is fine). Any thoughts? Oh, I'm target feeding mysis once a week, as well.

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46gReef · Mar 27, 2013

Hmmmmm, params look pretty good, not really sure to be honest. I had this happen once to anemone I had years ago, (I'm talking like 15+ years, before I had patience!)& it didn't make it. Some will say never add an anemone to a new system that it should be a mature/established system but others would argue that. Sorry I'm not too much help, I would say it wouldn't hurt to do a H2O change....what size is your tank?

rebecky45 · Mar 27, 2013

Tank is 75 gallons. I do regular weekly water changes, and use ro/di. The nem doesn't always look that way...now its normal looking, just not as spread out as it has been. It hasn't really moved lately, and when I feed it, it seems to eat fine. Could it be splitting? Molting? I'm not even sure if they molt haha. Any other thoughts???

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SeahorseKeeper · Mar 27, 2013

Moved to the current forum. What lighting is it under?

rebecky45 · Mar 27, 2013

SeahorseKeeper said:
Moved to the current forum. What lighting is it under?

Thanks for the move. Its under LEDs, and has been for 4 months. It was fine until last week...I don't think its a lighting issue, but I guess its possible. I should also say that it has not been moving around at all.

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Aznyoyoboy57 · Mar 27, 2013

mine was like that and i was super scared, but don't worry, i think it is just pooping or just dont like what you are feeding it. When i feed mine silverside fish, it will come back out in like an hour, however, when i feed it krill shrimp or scallops, it will finished it super fast.

rebecky45 · Apr 10, 2013

Okay...an update. My rose still looks the same-stressed. But now my other bta has started moving around. It looks healthy, just moving. No changes to the tank, other than adding more phyto. Thoughts??? I'm getting concerned...

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SeahorseKeeper · Apr 11, 2013

What LED's are they under? How much phyto are you adding? I would test the parameters again. Can you list the tank inhabitants as well?

rebecky45 · Apr 11, 2013

I have them under 14000k skkye (sp?) LEDs. Params as of yesterday
Sal: 1.026
trates: 2
No trites or ammonia
Phosphate: 0.1
pH: 8.3
kh: 7.5
Cal: 400
Fish in the tank include: pair of snowflake clowns, bellus angel, solar wrasse, watchman goby, pair of harlequin shrimp and standard CUC.

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rebecky45 · Apr 11, 2013

Oh, I add about 15-20 drops of phyto every other day.

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Salty-Noob · Apr 13, 2013

Question??? I Changed my substrate rock to live sand and put live rock in my tank, I have an anemone which I took out with its rock it's attached to, do I acclimate the anemone back into the tank or is it safe to put the rock with the anemone back in right away?