Shrunken anemone

jorge0912 · Nov 15, 2019

Shrunken anemone
Been like this for two days yesterday it look deflated today it looks like this ... I did feed him two days ago he eat 4 peace’s of krill my clowns decided to take all food to him

...he always looks big and happy he’s 4 times bigger than this ...
Tank parameter
Amonia 0
Nitrates 8
Calcium 440
Alk 8.4
Temp 78.1
I did have a temp swing that went down to 73 but he looked great no affect on him I tooked a picture also of his body he looks fat he always looks skinny from that part

Dierks · Nov 16, 2019

I assume you guys in the #reefsqaud can help with this? I have no experience with these guys.

splitting_lanes · Nov 16, 2019

When my anemone does that (is shrunken, not happy) for too long, like a few days, I do a water change and he bounces back. It’s been my most consistent water quality indicator for the 15 years I’ve had him.

your parameters look fine, but if you haven’t done a WC lately, you could try that.

jorge0912 · Nov 16, 2019

I try it thank you maybe I do keep my nitrates always at 5 they did go up a bid

Mykawl · Nov 16, 2019

Following, always interesting when the rest of the tank looks so good like yours.

reef lover · Nov 17, 2019

I think the krill was too much for him and now hes trying to expell it. I know its hard to stop the clowns from feeding him but maybe feed the clowns smaller food so they bring smaller food to the nem...
And @Dierks you spelled reefsquad wrong so we didnt get the notification....