Rose Bubble Tip Anemone Help part two

Bryce Mazloum · Mar 2, 2019

so last time I asked about this people were honestly very helpful and gave me some great tips to lower my salinity with water changes and to do a big water change to remove any of my excess medicine, however a new problem has popped up, while yes the anemone is now open he's been losing tentacles, two so far. I'm not sure if this is a response to him healing or what because as I'm writing this he has hidden away in his hidey hole and is about the size of a dollar coin, however he is still firmly secured to the rock which I know is a good sign. Is there anything I can do to help this little guy or should I just leave him be to recover by himself?
If needed I can post pictures, I just don't have any on my mac as I'm writing this.

hdsoftail1065 · Mar 2, 2019

Yes pics please if you can. I just looked at your last post on your nem. Did you take a water sample in and get it tested? Can you post the readings? I looked but didn't see what light you have?

Bryce Mazloum · Mar 2, 2019

hdsoftail1065 said:
Yes pics please if you can. I just looked at your last post on your nem. Did you take a water sample in and get it tested? Can you post the readings? I looked but didn't see what light you have?

I can definitely show some pictures, and I did have my water tested at the LFS, unfortunately I didn't get the exact parameters but everything is well within what it should be, as for the lighting it's an aquamaxx Nemo at 5% white and 50% blue, I lowered the lighting to acclimate some corals.

hdsoftail1065 · Mar 2, 2019

I can tell your trying really hard to help your nem, but not knowing your parameters we would be guessing. Is there anyway you can take in another sample have them retest and write down the results? Not knowing what they did and didn't test doesn't help and well within parameters doesn't help us help you. I do recommend a log, this will help you GREATLY in the future. Everytime you test or have your lfs test you should log it so you know exactly what's going on in your reef. Then you have that info readily available when something's going south.

Bryce Mazloum · Mar 2, 2019

hdsoftail1065 said:
I can tell your trying really hard to help your nem, but not knowing your parameters we would be guessing. Is there anyway you can take in another sample have them retest and write down the results? Not knowing what they did and didn't test doesn't help and well within parameters doesn't help us help you. I do recommend a log, this will help you GREATLY in the future. Everytime you test or have your lfs test you should log it so you know exactly what's going on in your reef. Then you have that info readily available when something's going south.

I believe they tested for everything major, alkalinity, nitrates, salinity, phosphates, and I might be missing some other things, but I did get a refractometer to help in the future, and I'll definitely keep a log, as we we have been talking the nem has opened up slightly, I think he'll start recovering soon because I do have a pom pom crab and his nems are 100% okay

vetteguy53081 · Mar 2, 2019

try giving it a piece of Mysis shrimp or other food. It may come out looking for more

Bryce Mazloum · Mar 2, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
try giving it a piece of Mysis shrimp or other food. It may come out looking for more

Gotcha, I'll try that out when I feed my fish for the second time today, I may also give a few pieces to my other corals

reef lover · Mar 3, 2019

Have you been able to get the salinity right? Are you now topping off with freshwater ?

Ron Reefman · Mar 3, 2019

Bryce, anemones are strange creatures and have some unusual characteristics. Sometimes they can be very slow to change when things have been problems for them. I'd just keep an eye on it and do what you can to make sure your water parameters are OK.

As hdsoftail said, test results are imperative. Just 'within the normal range' really is enough data. You got a refractometer and that's a great start. You should get some calibration fluid if none came with the meter. And then start getting the basic test kits you need. I know they cost money, but when you have an emergency, being able to test NOW, rather than having to find time to get to the LFS and get them to test, can be important.

Bryce Mazloum · Mar 4, 2019

reef lover said:
Have you been able to get the salinity right? Are you now topping off with freshwater ?

Yup!! My salinity is good now and I have been topping off with freshwater.

Bryce Mazloum · Mar 4, 2019

Ron Reefman said:
Bryce, anemones are strange creatures and have some unusual characteristics. Sometimes they can be very slow to change when things have been problems for them. I'd just keep an eye on it and do what you can to make sure your water parameters are OK.

As hdsoftail said, test results are imperative. Just 'within the normal range' really is enough data. You got a refractometer and that's a great start. You should get some calibration fluid if none came with the meter. And then start getting the basic test kits you need. I know they cost money, but when you have an emergency, being able to test NOW, rather than having to find time to get to the LFS and get them to test, can be important.

Got it. From what I can tell now the anemone has definitely gotten better, he appears larger and fuller, despite his tentacles being very small still, I have noticed a bit of what appears to be mucus next to him but from what I have observed it might not be enough to cause a lot of worry.