Bubble Tip Anem a sad panda?

[OPhelanK]

I cruised through the forums looking for an anemone that was sad like mine and didn't see anything. Any ideas? It's been like this for 3 days.

 

[dylana407]

How old is your tank? How long have you had the nem? What are your water parameters?

 

[Hazmat312]

Mine looks just like this, I can't figure it out. Its been thriving for about 6 months then BAM, she's not bubbling and has been shrinking the past week.

 

[Tahoe61]

Chronic nutritional deficiency.
The Zooxanthellae are not receiving enough or the correct lighting to sustain the anemones needs.
You can try direct feedings with tiny pieces of raw/thawed fish, shrimp, scallops. The anemone may not accept the feedings. Typically when they get to the stage yours is in they just continue to shrink and eventually un-foot.

:-(

 

[OPhelanK]

Tank is about 7 months old. I've had it for almost 2 months. It's always been happy until recently.

 

[OPhelanK]

Chronic nutritional deficiency.
The Zooxanthellae are not receiving enough or the correct lighting to sustain the anemones needs.
You can try direct feedings with tiny pieces of raw/thawed fish, shrimp, scallops. The anemone may not accept the feedings. Typically when they get to the stage yours is in they just continue to shrink and eventually un-foot.

:-(

He's pretty high up in the tank. I'm running a radion pro. My sps seems to be okay too. I fed it a shrimp yesterday. How often should I feed it?

 

[Tahoe61]

I can not explain the lighting aspect, it appears that some BTA just do not do well under LEDs. I lost mine when I started to use LED and I know a number of hobbyist that had the same results. With that said the vast majority of tanks with BTA and LED do not appear to have the issue.
If the anemone is accepting food (you witnessed it consume the food) then once a week.

 

[dylana407]

Mines do well under LED. I have the 2 for 6 months now. From my observation, they shrink when the water chemistry is off. My recommendation is check your water chemistry. When in doubt, I do a 20% WC. My BTA never stayed shrunk for more than 12 hours.

 

[OPhelanK]

Mines do well under LED. I have the 2 for 6 months now. From my observation, they shrink when the water chemistry is off. My recommendation is check your water chemistry. When in doubt, I do a 20% WC. My BTA never stayed shrunk for more than 12 hours.

I'm going to try another big water change and see if that helps. Is it possible my giant clarkii clowns have made it upset? They're kinda rough when giving it love.

 

[Lance M.]

Is it possible my giant clarkii clowns have made it upset? They're kinda rough when giving it love.

They can prevent it from recovering if they are rough, especially if they are bigger that the anemone.

 

[xjiang7]

Could that be too much lighting?

 

[OPhelanK]

Could that be too much lighting?

I'm not sure. Wouldn't it move if it was getting too much light?

 

[xjiang7]

I'm not sure. Wouldn't it move if it was getting too much light?

Not necessarily. I have BTA did that with a relative cheap LED, but it recovered under Radion after I upgraded it. Sometimes the light is not right they don't move