Not sure what to think or do..

[DKPminus]

Had a good sized watermelon bubble tip that was always out looked awesome. Along with 6-7 other nems witch are all still doing fine but the big guy split twice and for over a month all 3 sections looked good and moved to there own spot and looked good. Shortly after adding a cpl porcelain crabs all 3 sections started to withdraw. For a cpl weeks now they move a little but look rough. 1 looks like it’s starting to extend out in more of a normal fashion but the other 2 not so much. No issues with other nems, fish, shrimp, corals. torch, frogspawn and hammer are all good as well. Any thoughts ?

 

[Nemguy123]

He may be in happy with the water conditions have you been doing water changes and monitoring your parameters? Bubbles can for some reason out of the blue retreat in the tank and it busily has to do with too much light or there’s something they are missing in the water

 

[DKPminus]

Only thing a little off is nitrates are a touch high but by no means at danger levels. And no different than the levels have been pretty much since the tank was cycled. And being nothing else including 6-7 other nems look to stressed in the slightest. It is just the 3 sections of the big nem that split twice witch all 3 looked good for about a month after.

 

[DKPminus]

I have been playing with the lights a little not having tested pars and not sure of the strength of the lights . Have 3 viperspectra 165s over a 72x30x24. Been upping the blue off and on.

 

[argiBK]

I've learned to stay away from porcelain crabs (and even sexy shrimp) unless the anemone is of substantial size (at least 8" in diameter). In my experience, they tend to stress out the anemone whenever they try to host.

 

[DKPminus]

thought That might be that case at the start. Two of the nems have moved away from the one is still hanging in the same spot witch one of the crabs is always on it. The other is on the green bubble tip witch doesn’t mind it at all.