Bubbble tip anemone doesnt inflate

saha99 · Oct 22, 2021

Hi, i have a 150L tank and 1 week ago i introduced 2 clown 1 firefish, and mix corals. Everything is doing okay, but for some reason my anemone does not inflate, the clown fish are hosting the anemone even thogh it is deflated. I dont know why, i think is because its on the low flow area of the tank? Please give me your thoughts.
Setup:
1x AI prime 16HD
1x 4000L/H wavemaker one one side on sine wave mode
1200L/H return pump on other side
Calcium and magnesium are on point, but my KH is low (5.5-6) for some reason
PH = 8.2
Ammonia nitrate close to zero
Phosphates = 0.06

The rest of the corals are doing perfectly including my favia and screropora

LiveFreeAndReef · Oct 22, 2021

How long have you had the anemone?

dank reefer · Oct 22, 2021

I have a Bubble tip in my tank going on 2 years and it lost its bubbles within the 1st week of me getting it. it will bubble up in some sections, but the majority of the time it's not inflated and its as healthy as can be. It's only split once since I've had it so I know it's not stressed in any way.

Sometimes that's just the way of the Bubble Tip. Sometimes maybe good, and sometimes maybe poop!

Poof No Eyebrows · Oct 22, 2021

Looking at your pictures it looks to me like that clown is bothering it.

kittenbritches · Oct 22, 2021

How long has your tank been running?

saha99 · Oct 22, 2021

kittenbritches said:
How long has your tank been running?

1 month, used turbo start to cycle it. Its been 1 week since i introduced the fish in the tank and ammonia or nitrite hasnt spiked

saha99 · Oct 22, 2021

Poof No Eyebrows said:
Looking at your pictures it looks to me like that clown is bothering it.

Its hosting it

dvgyfresh · Oct 22, 2021

saha99 said:
1 month, used turbo start to cycle it. Its been 1 week since i introduced the fish in the tank and ammonia or nitrite hasnt spiked

Anemones need a mature tank of 6 months but not always, to me the anemone looks healthy but the clowns could be bothering it causing it to stay smaller

LiveFreeAndReef · Oct 22, 2021

saha99 said:
Its hosting it

Anemones host clowns, not vice versa. It is possible that the clown is irritating it, especially since it looks like a smaller anemone. The tank is still pretty new for an anemone and that is contributing also

TastesLikeChicken · Oct 22, 2021

Anemones have a mind of their own! Mine didn’t like a lot of light nor flow. Maybe try changing some of those parameters. But I agree that it looks healthy, just annoyed at something.

saha99 · Oct 22, 2021

Okay, i ordered a new stronger return pump ( outlet flows towards the anemone), hopefully a higher flow rate will fix this issue, note that i owned the same anemone and fish for 1 year prior, the tank is an upgrade from my previous 60L one, so the fish were always around the anemone, however they werent hosting it, and at the time it was massive. So yea the fish are probably annoying, there isnt anything i can do about that tho is there???

dvgyfresh · Oct 22, 2021

saha99 said:
Okay, i ordered a new stronger return pump ( outlet flows towards the anemone), hopefully a higher flow rate will fix this issue, note that i owned the same anemone and fish for 1 year prior, the tank is an upgrade from my previous 60L one, so the fish were always around the anemone, however they werent hosting it, and at the time it was massive. So yea the fish are probably annoying, there isnt anything i can do about that tho is there???

Get them another anemone to annoy lol

saha99 · Oct 22, 2021

dvgyfresh said:
Get them another anemone to annoy lol

Hahaah ye i could, hopefully the high water flow will keep them abit away

saha99 · Oct 23, 2021

Its starting to look bad

vetteguy53081 · Oct 23, 2021

Youll have to separate the clown from it at least 3 days. Moderate light and water flo. Too much flow stresses them causing them to hide and too little or too much light prevents them from utilizing zooxanthellae which is their energy and color source.