Please help I am confused on what to do

[tsimaskillz]

I have a long tentacle anenome and he looks like this, my clown fish are eating it and if feel like he might be dying or dead, am I wrong or what do I do?

 

[MightyMO]

Uhm... what are you're water paramaters???

 

[ifwisheswerefishes]

Can you tell me how long you have had the anemone? How long have you had the clownfish? What size tank and lighting and water parameters?

 

[MightyMO]

Also, you said your clowns were eating it???

 

[MightyMO]

Can you send a video of this???

 

[tsimaskillz]

Uhm... what are you're water paramaters???

Water parameters are good and sytem has been running for about three years, I have had him for about a week from a LFS. Nitrates are at zero and salinity is at 1.025, he was great yesterday and climbing on wall then he wnt to this when he found a rock to put his mouth on,

 

[tsimaskillz]

Also, you said your clowns were eating it???

clowns are eating him yes and video is bing uploaded now

 

[tsimaskillz]

Can you send a video of this???

 

[MightyMO]

Anenomes are sensitive to changes in water parameters... I've had the pleasure of keeping a couple of them in my time... I've had my salinity drop from 1.025 to 1.024 and the thing freaked out on me and ended up splitting... I've had ones that looked like the one in the picture come back and be just fine(see photo).look at the reflection, they got themselves tucked into a back corner... Like @ifwisheswerefishes said, how old is the nem, the tank and what are your parameters... Need to know some things in order to help... And I have had clowns poke at there host before when they have been down, don't think they were eating it, just poking... idk

 

[MightyMO]

Intresting

 

[tsimaskillz]

Anenomes are sensitive to changes in water parameters... I've had the pleasure of keeping a couple of them in my time... I've had my salinity drop from 1.025 to 1.024 and the thing freaked out on me and ended up splitting... I've had ones that looked like the one in the picture come back and be just fine(see photo). Like @ifwisheswerefishes said, how old is the nem, the tank and what are your parameters... Need to know some things in order to help... And I have had clowns poke at there host before when they have been down, don't think they were eating it, just poking... idk

what parameters do you need?

 

[tsimaskillz]

TEmp is about 78 amonia is 0 and salinity is 1.024 just tested it, nitrates are at 0

 

[MightyMO]

what parameters do you need?

Salinity, temp, phosphate, nitrate, alk, calcium... whatever you can give me...

 

[MightyMO]

Nitrates are zero... Phosphate???

 

[tsimaskillz]

Nitrates are zero... Phosphate???

dont have a kit for that phos but all the other corals are great it looks like

 

[MightyMO]

Is anything different about the numbers that you gave me in comparison to a test you had ran from when it was healthy???

 

[tsimaskillz]

Is anything different about the numbers that you gave me in comparison to a test you had ran from when it was healthy???

no not at all, I did a water change the two days ago and I think that it could be it

 

[tsimaskillz]

no not at all, I did a water change the two days ago and I think that it could be it

COuld it hurt the rest of the tank and should I let it be for a day or two?

 

[MightyMO]

Should be showing some nitrates. And phosphate as Well but if you don't have a test, you don't have a test... How long have you had the nem for???

 

[tsimaskillz]

Should be showing some nitrates. And phosphate as Well but if you don't have a test, you don't have a test... How long have you had the nem for???

Two weeks