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Have a look now added pictures.I can't see the pictures for some reason, but you might get better answers if you can provide the following information:
How old is you tank?
Parameters?
Any corals or other anemones in the tank? If yes, how is everything else doing?
Tanks size and lighting?
Lighting?
Initial thoughts...
Picture may be misleading but your lighting may be an issue.
The anemone looks bleached as well.
Are you sure about 0 NO3? I actually believe that they could be zero since your tank is too white and sterile for 7 months old. It looks like you set it up yesterday,
If your nitrates truly are zeroed out, you are running the tank too clean, which is not good for the anemone. They will slowly waste away under those conditions, and it sounds like that is what you are describing.
For me step one (assuming your lighting is adequate) would be to get a PO4 test kit, and get some detectable NO3 and PO4 into that tank
I siphon my sand every week and clean the glass every chance I get it’s my mantle piece lol, it’s literally just a t5 bulb 4ft long it’s the only thing I could get that fit the hood of the tank, the tank is 2ft deep I believeEverything looks so white and clean. Your sand is pristine and I don't see a speck of algae or coralline on the glass. Again, might just be the pictures. The aquarium as a whole just presents as awfully spotless for 7 months old. That, along with your zero nitrate readings makes me think a "too clean" tank might be part of your problem.
T5 or T5HO? How many bulbs and how deep is the tank?
You can buy an anemone that is already bleached. Especially if it came from a chain pet shop. Doing fine for two months means nothing. Anemones metabolize more slowly than fish for instance. It can take a while for them to start showing signs of going downhill.
). Being bleached like that it's very low on zooxanthellae and eating it's tentacles for energy. By feeding you can help provide some nutrients while the zoo population builds up. Regrettably if there is absolutely no zoo left to repopulate the nem dosent have much of a chance. If it starts gaining zoo it will initially look like there's dirty brown spots on the tentacles, if you hit that point there's a decent chance at recovery. It may still continue to get smaller your goal is to slow shrinking as much as possible and keep it alive long enough for the zoo to repopulate and sustain it.That nem looks very bleached, otherwise it looks attached, open and not gaping though. Your best bet is probably to keep everything stable and offer a small bit of food every couple days. You can do this by targeting a little twords it like a few mysis and brine shrimp for example (nothing larger than a pencil top eraser) if it dosent take anything don't worry just try again the next day. If it takes some one day I'd skip the next and try offering every other day or so. Digestion does take some energy for nems so small easy to digest things (think nem baby food). Being bleached like that it's very low on zooxanthellae and eating it's tentacles for energy. By feeding you can help provide some nutrients while the zoo population builds up. Regrettably if there is absolutely no zoo left to repopulate the nem dosent have much of a chance. If it starts gaining zoo it will initially look like there's dirty brown spots on the tentacles, if you hit that point there's a decent chance at recovery. It may still continue to get smaller your goal is to slow shrinking as much as possible and keep it alive long enough for the zoo to repopulate and sustain it.
GL!
I concur that you don't have enough light and the bleached nem is a H. magnifica.
If you don't plan to purchase new lights for your tank in the near future, I recommend selling the anemone. It won't last more than a few months in the current conditions.
Without the a healthy population of symbiotic zooxanthellae to provide the anemone with the proper nutrition that it needs, you'll need to constantly feed it. Mysis is a good option as you don't want to feed it anything that's too big as it will take up too much energy to digest. Feed the clownfish on the opposite end of the tank, then quickly add the mysis to the center of the anemone. It should immediately close itself over the food.
I have a bleached magnifica that looks a lot like yours, but mine is slowly gaining its zoox population back. You can see the brownish area of tentacles here:
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I have the anemone under Radion XR30s that reach 100% intensity on a shallow 12" tall tank. In other words, the magnifica is getting blasted with light. It's the type of light that they need to thrive.
+1 need to upgrade the lighting 1 t5 bulb is not sufficient for any of your corals needs.
You can always turn your powerheads off for a bit. I do this when spot feeding my corals.Am I able to feed it a frozen cube off mysis? As if it’s not frozen if I squirt it there the powerhead is just going to blow it all over the place. And can I feed it small pierces of prawns from supermarkets?
How about a Evergrow IT2120 pro reef marine light?For a 4 ft tank theres lots of options. But your going to have to ditch the hood and get a screen or glass cover.
Lots of leds out there. Depends on what you want to spend.
If your insisting t5 youll need at least a 6 bulb fixture maybe even an 8 for sps.

