Is my anemone okay?

[cgl18]

So I’m fairly new to saltwater aquarium, I’ve been fairly lucky with everything so far. I went away this weekend just got home today and came home to my anemone looking very odd. I’ve never seen it look like this. Is it okay? I’ll post what it usually looks like vs what I came home to today..

 

[Webslinger]

Your tank looks to new (unstable) to support a anemone. Rule of thumb is at least 6 months.

 

[cgl18]

Your tank looks to new (unstable) to support a anemone. Rule of thumb is at least 6 months.

My LFS suggested getting it the same day I got my clowns

 

[Hincapiej4]

That nemmie is dieing. It's bleached. And prob won't live. You can look at vids of my tank and see what healthy nemmies look like. They are supposed to be non translucent.

 

[Grimreefer89]

i did the same thing tank is way to new, its most likely gonna die... you live and you learn. id take it back to my LFS. good luck!

 

[Labora]

Is that black substrate? Very cool I like it. Tank looks super new though? I would take back for a refund and put the money towards a really special RBTA that dazzles you from somewhere reputable in a few months. The time, money and frustration spent on trying to heal this anemone while tank stabilize is going to cause you more problems and money than its worth. You'd be much happier letting the tank stabilize and putting the money to something more special when it can live.

Closing at night can be normal. Closed like that all day is very bad.

 

[MichaelReefer]

My LFS suggested getting it the same day I got my clowns

I wouldn't go to that LFS anymore.

 

[jsvand5]

Was it that color when you got it or has it lost color? Good luck but it probably won’t recover in your tank. Best lesson is to never trust advice from a LFS until they prove they deserve your trust.

 

[terraincognita]

I have kept Nems in 1 month old tanks.

It's not about Age as it is more about your tank's stability and ability to handle what you're putting in it.

Unfortunately without Water Param Measurements, it's hard to say what's going on exactly, so you're getting the "you're tank is too new" catch all answer.

Most of the time, when you have a new tank, the problem is that the water stability and water quality is always bouncing up and down and all over the place.

And even while you might not catch it in testing, you can google online and see even in matured tanks they all have a daily up and down of various parameters.

With newer tanks those swings are much more intense, and the bad things that you don't want going high, often go really really high.

Get some params up and we can give you better direction for. 1. How to save it. 2. What's really bothering it. 3. how to proceed if you can't keep it.

 

[Halal Hotdog]

It is savable. You need to accurately test your parameters and find what needs to be adjusted. Most anemones are hardy and can survive a lot. IME they cannot survive any level of ammonia, swings in salinity, and high nitrates.

 

[terraincognita]

It is savable. You need to accurately test your parameters and find what needs to be adjusted. Most anemones are hardy and can survive a lot.

You did also happen to be sold a Sebae Anemone, which for new Anemone keepers I would always have suggested a BTA or a Saddle or something hardier.

Sebae's are not super fragile, but not the easiest of nems.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Try some direct feeding

 

[cgl18]

Was it that color when you got it or has it lost color? Good luck but it probably won’t recover in your tank. Best lesson is to never trust advice from a LFS until they prove they deserve your trust.

It was a bright green BTA and when I got it into my tank after acclimating it looks a bit bleached now that I look at it..

 

[terraincognita]

It was a bright green BTA and when I got it into my tank after acclimating it looks a bit bleached now that I look at it..

If that's a BTA then yes, it is definitely almost dead my friend.

Seems like it wasn't so hot when you first got it IMO.

If that's the first photo of it, it was already super stressed. Might not be you, you could've just made a bad purchase.

If that's really how it looked when you bought it something was wrong to me already IMO. It's super pale, rare to see nems so translucent IMO.

 

[Labora]

I have kept Nems in 1 month old tanks.

It's not about Age as it is more about your tank's stability and ability to handle what you're putting in it.

That goes without saying. Everyone knows a seasoned vet can instant cycle tanks and have the best tools and methods available at their fingertips. I have done it too.

Unfortunately, he has white dry rock and sounds new to the hobby so that doesn't help him much.

 

[terraincognita]

That goes without saying. Everyone knows a seasoned vet can instant cycle tanks and have the best tools and methods available at their fingertips. I have done it too.

Unfortunately, he has white dry rock and sounds new to the hobby so that doesn't help him much.

Lol the point I was not trying to make was not "look how big my weiner is and I can do it."

I'm just saying it's more than that. We need more info from him to really help. <3

 

[cgl18]

I have kept Nems in 1 month old tanks.

It's not about Age as it is more about your tank's stability and ability to handle what you're putting in it.

Unfortunately without Water Param Measurements, it's hard to say what's going on exactly, so you're getting the "you're tank is too new" catch all answer.

Most of the time, when you have a new tank, the problem is that the water stability and water quality is always bouncing up and down and all over the place.

And even while you might not catch it in testing, you can google online and see even in matured tanks they all have a daily up and down of various parameters.

With newer tanks those swings are much more intense, and the bad things that you don't want going high, often go really really high.

Get some params up and we can give you better direction for. 1. How to save it. 2. What's really bothering it. 3. how to proceed if you can't keep it.

Before I left this is what my levels were at:
pH- 7.8
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 0ppm
Ammonia - .25ppm
KH - 196.9
Phosphate- .24 ppm
Calclium- 480 mg/L

I went to spot feed and it started to open up but it’s mouth in the center is completely wide open. Not a good sign.

 

[terraincognita]

Before I left this is what my levels were at:
pH- 7.8
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 0ppm
Ammonia - .25ppm
KH - 196.9
Phosphate- .24 ppm
Calclium- 480 mg/L

I went to spot feed and it started to open up but it’s mouth in the center is completely wide open. Not a good sign.

The fact that you have .25 Ammonia is definitely the issue.

Ammonia is poison to Nems. (Rather to reef tanks period.)

Do a water change right now to drop that.

Go to your LFS and buy DR. Tims or some other kind of Nitrifying bacteria. and add that today.

It might recover. It's as everyone else actually did say. Tank's too new my friend, you're Beneficial Bacteria levels aren't established enough.

Re: the open mouth it depends. If the mouth stays open for more than an hour, it's definitely a bad sign.

Nems when they die will obviously lose all muscle control.

It's going to sound gross, but think of their mouth like your rectum and mouth in 1. They use it for everything.

They can open their mouth and expel for many many reasons. However yes if it's UNABLE to intentionally keep it closed it's a very bad sign. It means he's so weak he can't control his main muscle function.

It's like you not being able to breathe.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Lol the point I was not trying to make was not "look how big my weiner is and I can do it."

I'm just saying it's more than that. We need more info from him to really help. <3

I hear that, lol
I put my BTA in my aquarium after 2 months, not fully cycled. It's doing great and never had an issues. I would try my best at trying to get it to eat some frozen foods and don't try and move it, it will do that on its own.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Before I left this is what my levels were at:
pH- 7.8
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 0ppm
Ammonia - .25ppm
KH - 196.9
Phosphate- .24 ppm
Calclium- 480 mg/L

I went to spot feed and it started to open up but it’s mouth in the center is completely wide open. Not a good sign.

It's mouth and butt are both in the same area, it could be just trying to expel crap lol