I do t know what’s wrong with my bubble tip anemone

[arhowson]

All water levels are fine but it never fully inflates and looks like this half the time please help !!

 

[Nano_Man]

How old is your tank
When was the anemone put in
Water parameters all . Just in case a member sees something
Your lighting
Your flow rating is it medium/ High / Low
This is just to let members have a knowledge of your tank and try and find out what is wrong
Also maybe a full shot of your tank in white light could help and a clear close up of the nem again

 

[arhowson]

Hi my tank is 5 months,old and 50L
water parameters ;salinity 1.025
Alkalinity-7.8
calcium- 420
phosphate-0
nitrate-less than 2
magnesium- 1300
my flow is quite good I would say medium/high
my lighting is as follows ;

 

[Nano_Man]

Your tank is a little young but on the border is it live rock in your tank or Dry rock
Phosphate 0 nitrate 2 you could let them come up a bit nems like a bit of nitrate & phosphate. Is your anemones mouth open gaping all the time 24/7 . It’s still attached to the rock which is a good sign.Have you tested your ph and the results. I can hardly see any tentacles on it at all does it open up at any point during white lights on . As for your lighting some one will have to help you on your settings. What else have you in your tank corals ect . Do you run carbon

 

[Fishy888]

Hi my tank is 5 months,old and 50L
water parameters ;salinity 1.025
Alkalinity-7.8
calcium- 420
phosphate-0
nitrate-less than 2
magnesium- 1300
my flow is quite good I would say medium/high
my lighting is as follows ;

If your phosphates are truly at 0 then that’s bad, and not just for the nem. Everything needs a small amount of phosphates. 0.05 ppm to 0.1 ppm is a good range. Your nitrates should be 5 ppm to 10 ppm as well.

It looks to me like your BTA has shrunken tentacles. That’s usually caused by the anemone partially digesting its tentacles. The nem is gaping and appears to be showing its mesentary filaments. How long has the anemone been like this? How long have you had it? How much flow is it getting?

 

[Kmst80]

Tank is probably to young especially if started with dry rock and if that's all aptaisia surrounding your Bta then she can't move to her happy place either. Lots of algae on your rock too.

 

[arhowson]

Tank is probably to young especially if started with dry rock and if that's all aptaisia surrounding your Bta then she can't move to her happy place either. Lots of algae on your rock too.

Hi how do I get rid of the algae I put nopox every day but doesn’t seem to go away

 

[arhowson]

Tank is probably too young especially if started with dry rock and if that's all aptaisia surrounding your Bta then she can't move to her happy place either. Lots of algae on your rock too.

Hi I have live rock from my previous tank

 

[arhowson]

Tank is probably to young especially if started with dry rock and if that's all aptaisia surrounding your Bta then she can't move to her happy place either. Lots of algae on your rock too.

Hi it’s live rock x

 

[arhowson]

If your phosphates are truly at 0 then that’s bad, and not just for the nem. Everything needs a small amount of phosphates. 0.05 ppm to 0.1 ppm is a good range. Your nitrates should be 5 ppm to 10 ppm as well.

It looks to me like your BTA has shrunken tentacles. That’s usually caused by the anemone partially digesting its tentacles. The nem is gaping and appears to be showing its mesentary filaments. How long has the anemone been like this? How long have you had it? How much flow is it getting?

Hi I am a beginner so have asked my local aquarium sourcer for the levels and these are what he has said ;

 

[Dburr1014]

Hi how do I get rid of the algae I put nopox every day but doesn’t seem to go away

Stop the nopox immediately.
Let's see a full tank picture in white lighting.

 

[Kmst80]

Get a clean up crew for the algae, snails, hermit crabs, urchins are great algae eaters. Remove algae by hand with toothbrush or fingers. What are you feeding the tank, any fish? Nopox will only lower your nitrates and the you run the risk bottoming out nutrients and may get dinos. I got nitrates at 15ppm and phosphates at 0.3 and hardly any algae coz it gets consumed by my clean up crew.
Get aptaisia x and start getting rid of your aptaisia, these could be stinging your bta too.

 

[arhowson]

Stop the nopox immediately.
Let's see a full tank picture in white lighting.

My light won’t change as the app is playing ul but here it is in normal lighting

 

[arhowson]

Get a clean up crew for the algae, snails, hermit crabs, urchins are great algae eaters. Remove algae by hand with toothbrush or fingers. What are you feeding the tank, any fish? Nopox will only lower your nitrates and the you run the risk bottoming out nutrients and may get dinos. I got nitrates at 15ppm and phosphates at 0.3 and hardly any algae coz it gets consumed by my clean up crew.
Get aptaisia x and start getting rid of your aptaisia, these could be stinging your bta too.

Thank you I do have some clean up crew but will get some more

 

[Dburr1014]

Thank you I do have some clean up crew but will get some more

I recommend, do with it what you want, take out each rock and treat the aptaisia and algae in your kitchen sink. Pick and scrape the algae and then Kalk paste, better yet, lemon juice the aptaisia. They should fall right off.
You have no coral to harm doing this. The last rock with the nem will be a little tricky.

 

[Kmst80]

Absolutely agree, scrub that rock clean, kill all the aptaisia.
Buy a piece of live rock with coraline algae on it, can't believe your live rock from another tank hasn't got any. This way you seed it in your tank.
Test your tank for nitrate,phosphate, calcium,magnesium and alkalinity regularly.
Hope your nem survives that long.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

If you have access to real live rock, you should go buy a couple new rocks, and just take those rocks out of your tank, they are super infected, it will be a lot of work to clean it. But, you can't put corals or anemones in your tank with all that aptaisia, so something has to be done.