Condy anenome issue

[Deckardcain69]

Don't know what's wrong with it and cant get it to eat looked fine yesterday now this. levels are ammonia and nitrite are 0 nitrate 50 phosphate 8.2 alk 12 calcium 400 phosphate 1.5 salinity 1.025 and its a 55 gallon with 30 gallon sump

 

[KillerKlownFish]

Could be it's gonna poop!
It could be the flow as well. It may be getting ready to move

 

[Deckardcain69]

It moved from where we put it just doesn't look good what do they do when they split?

 

[KillerKlownFish]

Split I'm not sure. Never seen them split. They usually do it when there's no one around though.
When they poop they close up for a while. Did the water temp change? Mine does that every water change. Also if the cleaner shrimp decides to mess w him he closes up.

 

[Deckardcain69]

Water temp stays about 78-80

 

[FL_Reefer]

It looks fine to me, what do you think is wrong with it?

 

[Deckardcain69]

Looking worse

 

[Deckardcain69]

Looks like the first one I had that died

 

[FL_Reefer]

Ok that pic looks way worse than the first one. Sadly it looks like it's on it's way out. I've only had one condy along time ago and it didn't make it but a few weeks. Sorry wish I could tell you why

 

[FL_Reefer]

Your phosphates are really high, my first action would be to reduce them greatly

 

[fishroomlady]

It doesn't look good I'm afraid to say (the second picture). It actually looks kind of bleached to me - do you have your lights up real high? It's good that you've let it be and to find a place - I would think if the light was too much, it would find a shaded area. Perhaps it was already too sick before even entering your aquarium

 

[Deckardcain69]

I would think it was but my phosphate in my other tank are a 5 and its not effecting the bubble tip anemone in there

 

[Deckardcain69]

This is what it looked like up till Monday night and the clown fish was playing in it

 

[fishroomlady]

it's very white, they usually aren't that white ime......different types of anemones can react differently to varying parameters......and to complicate it further, individuals within types can vary as well

 

[Trex]

Is the underside of the oral disc smooth or, does it have little bumps?

It is looking more like an M. doreensis (( LTA )), from the pictures posted, and a very very bleached one at that.

What lights do you have?
How long has your tank been set up?
Any reason you used gravel as opposed to sand/crushed coral?


FYI, there are only 2 hosting anemones that split, E. quadricolor (( BTA )) and H. magnifica.

 

[Deckardcain69]

beam works led 48"
tanks been up 4 months and there is crushed coral at the back sand in the middle and gravel at the front
the last picture posted was the day i got it and it looked like that at the store

 

[Preyou]

I would have to agree with a previous poster. It does look like a very bleached LTA rather than a Condy. If it were a condy, it is not likely at all that a clownfish would be able to survive hosting it, much less even try hosting it.

That being said, when you posted your water parameters, you listed phosphate twice... once at 8.2 (high) and once at 1.5 (acceptable). Which is it?

 

[Deckardcain69]

phosphate 1.5 ph was 8.2 my phone must have auto corrected it when i typed it

 

[Trex]

Phosphates of 1.5 is actually very high.

Are you using RO/DI water? If so, what is the TDS?

 

[Deckardcain69]

just di water