New anemone not looking good this morning

[Calebb8133]

So my tank is about a year old and so I got an anemone we was looking really good for the first few days but now he looks like this:

He is in a container because we don't want to let him go quite yet. We want to into him to clowns and hope they pair up first and feel they have a better chance in a smaller space like that?

He is getting water flow and from the last I checked my parameters were fine. I am gonna check salinity. Is there anything else in specific I should look for?

I did drip acclimate him for about an hour and a half to two hours. Haven't fed him yet but if he was hungry wouldn't he stretch himself out? Tempature seems around 81-82 maybe to high? No heater on the tank and I live in fl so I don't know how I can bring that down if that's the problem.

Thx for everyone's suggestions as usual
Plz forgive any typos too

 

[Calebb8133]

Salinity is around 1.022-23

 

[Calebb8133]

Tank doesn't smell btw

 

[The_Harris_co]

Is that an Aussie orange tip? Mine looked sad last night just hanging and very limp. I did a water change and today it’s doing better. Everything was in line but it just wasn’t doing right

 

[Calebb8133]

Is that an Aussie orange tip? Mine looked sad last night just hanging and very limp. I did a water change and today it’s doing better. Everything was in line but it just wasn’t doing right

I don't know the specific breed but it's a bubbletip with pink tips and green tentacles and green body

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I cant tell from the pic, what kind of nem is it, I am on my phone and it almost looks like a bubble, but also a sebae

 

[Calebb8133]

I cant tell from the pic, what kind of nem is it, I am on my phone and it almost looks like a bubble, but also a sebae

Yeah sry it's a bubble for sure

 

[vetteguy53081]

Salinity !!!! its low for this nem. Bump up to 1.025-1.026 and increase whites 5%. I assume you have decent flow?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

The mouth of the nem looks like it is puffed out, and the nem looks very unhappy. The fact its foot is attaching to something is good. But deflation and the mouth worries me a bit. Although with it being new, they do weird things while adjusting. I would watch it closely, but you may want to try and place it somewhere to settle. Bubbles generally like rocks to attach to and greens usually like about mid ways with lighting.
One more thing as a starting point.
What is your N03 on the tank?

 

[Calebb8133]

Salinity !!!! its low for this nem. Bump up to 1.025-1.026 and increase whites 5%. I assume you have decent flow?

Ok and ok thx

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Salinity !!!! its low for this nem. Bump up to 1.025-1.026 and increase whites 5%. I assume you have decent flow?

Yes this. I missed that entirely. That is way too low.

 

[Calebb8133]

The mouth of the nem looks like it is puffed out, and the nem looks very unhappy. The fact its foot is attaching to something is good. But deflation and the mouth worries me a bit. Although with it being new, they do weird things while adjusting. I would watch it closely, but you may want to try and place it somewhere to settle. Bubbles generally like rocks to attach to and greens usually like about mid ways with lighting.
One more thing as a starting point.
What is your N03 on the tank?

Yeah there is a rock in the little container for it

 

[Calebb8133]

The mouth of the nem looks like it is puffed out, and the nem looks very unhappy. The fact its foot is attaching to something is good. But deflation and the mouth worries me a bit. Although with it being new, they do weird things while adjusting. I would watch it closely, but you may want to try and place it somewhere to settle. Bubbles generally like rocks to attach to and greens usually like about mid ways with lighting.
One more thing as a starting point.
What is your N03 on the tank?

No3 is nitrate right? There is only one fish in the tank and I had it checked less than a week ago

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Yeah there is a rock in the little container for it

As @vetteguy53081 mentioned about salinity (I hate using my phone I miss things lol), bring the salinity up first.

You can make a brine to add a little briney water to the tank over a few hours to get the salinity up. Pour a little in, check an hour later, pour some more in, check again about an hour later, and do this till you get to 1.026. It will be no worse then a tidal change for the critters. Just be sure to do it over the course of a few hours.

 

[Calebb8133]

What is the best way to raise the salinity? Small water changes every half hour?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

No3 is nitrate right? There is only one fish in the tank and I had it checked less than a week ago

Correct. Nitrate. Higher nitrates can irritate them. But I think the salinity may be the main issue, as well as the nem acclimating.

 

[Calebb8133]

As @vetteguy53081 mentioned about salinity (I hate using my phone I miss things lol), bring the salinity up first.

You can make a brine to add a little briney water to the tank over a few hours to get the salinity up. Pour a little in, check an hour later, pour some more in, check again about an hour later, and do this till you get to 1.026. It will be no worse then a tidal change for the critters. Just be sure to do it over the course of a few hours.

Ok what is brine or Briney though?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

What is the best way to raise the salinity? Small water changes every half hour?

How many gallon actual water do you think you have? Usually a brine mix added to the sump or overflow over the course of a few hours works well.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Ok what is brine or Briney though?

Like a cup of salt to 32 oz of water. Mix as best as you can and pour somewhere where it will be able to mix, but not touch fish or corals. If you can get me the close amount of actual gallons for your tank, I have a spreadsheet I made to calculate how much salt to add to get the salinity up. I can get you a number that should get you close to the target of 1.026.

Also, are you using a refractometer or a hydrometer for testing salinity?

 

[Calebb8133]

Like a cup of salt to 32 oz of water. Mix as best as you can and pour somewhere where it will be able to mix, but not touch fish or corals. If you can get me the close amount of actual gallons for your tank, I have a spreadsheet I made to calculate how much salt to add to get the salinity up. I can get you a number that should get you close to the target of 1.026.

Also, are you using a refractometer or a hydrometer for testing salinity?

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