What happened to my anenome?

[BanZI29]

What is wrong with my anenome? His foot looks messed up and he has been this small for a few days now.
Params.
Ammonia:.25 (I know doing a water change in the morn. And dosing microbactr 7)
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:2
Phos: .156
Calcium:450
PH: 8.2
Salinity: 1.025
dKh: 10
Temp: 79
Tank has been cycled since sept.

 

[laverda]

If your tank cycled in September you should not have ammonia. Ammonia at that level, if accurate is toxic! Are you using a decent test kit, not API!
Your nitrates are too low. Nitrates are a food source for anemones.
What are your phosphate levels? All aquarium life needs minimal amounts of phosphate to survive.
Lastly you tank is still new and anemones do not do well in new tanks. That is especially true of tanks started with dry rock.
What are your lights and settings? Anemones like a lot of light.
My recommendation is to give you anemone to someone with an established tank ASAP in the hope they can save it for you. It is not looking well at all at this point. Good luck.

 

[BanZI29]

He was doing good till recently. Always big and open. Did feed mysis to him 2 times a seek. And I don't know why my ammonia spiked. I just finished using a U/V sterelizer to get rid of a bacteria bloom I have been fighting. All my other coral re good thou. Phos is .156

 

[Phil D.]

There's a reason, you don't have to feed 2 times a week. The food will end up rotting inside him if he doesn't expel it. I don't feed mine at all and they are very happy. In fact my one is now 4 because he split.

 

[ShepherdReefer]

If your tank cycled in September you should not have ammonia. Ammonia at that level, if accurate is toxic! Are you using a decent test kit, not API!
Your nitrates are too low. Nitrates are a food source for anemones.
What are your phosphate levels? All aquarium life needs minimal amounts of phosphate to survive.
Lastly you tank is still new and anemones do not do well in new tanks. That is especially true of tanks started with dry rock.
What are your lights and settings? Anemones like a lot of light.
My recommendation is to give you anemone to someone with an established tank ASAP in the hope they can save it for you. It is not looking well at all at this point. Good luck.

I agree, when our nitrates were down to levels of 2, the anemone did not look good but when the nitrates raised a little bit...10, looks much better. We only feed the anemone one time per week, most of the time one of the two clownfish either will eat the food it catches or gives the anemone food, neat to watch.

 

[RMS18]

I'd double check that ammonia with another kit maybe. Feeding or not a cycled tank should show close to zero if using a ati color kit or similar. The mb7 will only reduce po4 and no3 further. If you are looking to add bacteria to reduce ammonia (which on a cycled tank is never necessary) mb7 is not the right bacteria. Dr. tims one and only would be a better choice. On paper your tank could look amazing but with dry rock and a tank under 8 months nems just don't do well.