LT Sea Anemone Help

JimSWreef · Jul 14, 2015

So, I have had a sea anemone for a few months now and he moved from a location to where he was doing very well to the back of the tank where there isn't much lighting and now he looks more unhealthy. See below.

Before:::

After:::

I am not sure why he would move if he looked more healthy in his first location to a darker location and shrivel up quite a bit.

Let me know what you think.

Temp 76
Parameters
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
Ammonia 0
Phos 0
Sal 1.025

JimSWreef · Jul 14, 2015

Another picture

Shep · Jul 14, 2015

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kschweer · Jul 14, 2015

Hmm...I'm not very familiar with nems. Maybe @bairdimusprime can help you out.

JimSWreef · Jul 14, 2015

Parameters just taken
Ph 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Calcium 460
Alkalinity 10
Nitrate 0
Salinity 1.024
Temp 76
Phosphate .25

Shep · Jul 14, 2015

Could your clown be stressing it out?

JimSWreef · Jul 14, 2015

I guess that's possible... That clown is extremely attached to it

Shep · Jul 14, 2015

I know sometimes clowns can over stress an anemone

Webslinger · Jul 14, 2015

nems move. Ive had one that never moves and one that moves evey monthor so.

JimSWreef · Jul 14, 2015

Webslinger said:
nems move. Ive had one that never moves and one that moves evey monthor so.

I understand they move and he already has.... It just seems that he moved to a place that he doesn't like as much.

Trex · Jul 15, 2015

M. doreensis are sandbed dwelling anemones.

What size tank?
What lights do you have?
How long has your tank been set up?
What do you have for flow?

Are you using RO/DI water? If so, what is the TDS? Your phosphates are pretty high.

Lonely reefer's · Jul 15, 2015

How do you position your water flow? anemone doesn't like high flow,i would recommend you reposition your water flow

JimSWreef · Jul 15, 2015

Trex said:
M. doreensis are sandbed dwelling anemones.

What size tank? 30 gal
What lights do you have? Current orbit LED
How long has your tank been set up? 5 mo.
What do you have for flow? Vortec mp 10 on reef mode

Are you using RO/DI water? Yes
If so, what is the TDS? Dont have s TDS meter. I need to get one.
Your phosphates are pretty high. Just started Phosguard.
.

JimSWreef · Jul 15, 2015

zoasaholic said:
How do you position your water flow? anemone doesn't like high flow,i would recommend you reposition your water flow

Hmm i have one vortec mp 10 on reef mode. I do have room to lower the gph flow. I could try lowering.

bairdimusprime · Jul 22, 2015

Sorry for the delay in response, its been a while since i've been able to get on.

LTA's are sand dwellers and like a nice thick sand bed. I noticed the tank is 5 months old, how stable are your parameters?? any swings?? As well those phosphates seemed a little high, but i keep low phosphates in my tank as i feel all of my corals benefit from them.
are you spot feeding it? also if those are Clarkii's they BEAT THE HELL out of nems, any of my clarkii tanks i've always acclimated the nem with a divider as they can stress nems like no other,
please give us an update and feel free to PM me with any questions you may have

JimSWreef · Jul 27, 2015

bairdimusprime said:
Sorry for the delay in response, its been a while since i've been able to get on.

LTA's are sand dwellers and like a nice thick sand bed. I noticed the tank is 5 months old, how stable are your parameters?? any swings?? As well those phosphates seemed a little high, but i keep low phosphates in my tank as i feel all of my corals benefit from them.
are you spot feeding it? also if those are Clarkii's they BEAT THE HELL out of nems, any of my clarkii tanks i've always acclimated the nem with a divider as they can stress nems like no other,
please give us an update and feel free to PM me with any questions you may have

Thanks for the response. As for the phosphates they are between 0 and .25 on my test kit. I don't have a low level reader, but I know they stay low. Parameters are very stable. The more I look at it the more healthy it looks. I do spot feed it. I trick the clarkii to the other side of the tank while I feed it. You are right about the clarkii annoying the anemone. He is swimming out more and more, spending less time with the anemone, but it is obviously where he sleeps, as well as hides. It is definitely his comfort blanket. The nem moves and eats, so I'm sure he is okay. Thank you guys for your help and attention on this topic. I'll post another picture soon.

bairdimusprime · Jul 28, 2015

good news,
please post pics of its progression.
hopefully it has stopped moving around the tank by now

JimSWreef · Jul 28, 2015

bairdimusprime said:
good news,
please post pics of its progression.
hopefully it has stopped moving around the tank by now

Just took this one. You can see the Clarkii pushed all the sand out of that spot from swimming around him lol.

Trex · Jul 29, 2015

JimSWreef said:
Just took this one. You can see the Clarkii pushed all the sand out of that spot from swimming around him lol.

Keep an eye on the sand removal. I have a pair do the same thing to my S. haddoni, it ended up moving all over the tank because of that --- sold them shortly after that. You might have to bury the foot in a larger diameter PVC pipe if it becomes an issue.

JimSWreef · Jul 29, 2015

Trex said:
Keep an eye on the sand removal. I have a pair do the same thing to my S. haddoni, it ended up moving all over the tank because of that --- sold them shortly after that. You might have to bury the foot in a larger diameter PVC pipe if it becomes an issue.

That is a point, i may try that.