What is wrong with my RBT Anemone?

[MANGOxLIPS]

 

[Reefahholic]

How old is the tank?

Parameters please?

 

[GoReefin]

Does not look to happy. What lights are you running? Do you use tap water for your water changes/top offs? Have you tested your water recently? What is your salinity, Alk, calcium, nitrates, phosphates?

 

[Hincapiej4]

lol no info, just a pic. Heres mine.

 

[Jekyl]

We need a template for when questions like these get asked to automatically make posters input their parameters and setup

 

[FindingPonyo]

The light could be too strong since it's in corner of the tank it might be moving to find places with less light. It might be so strong that it's literally frying it. Maybe not though, just make sure that you have live rock so it can move around

 

[MANGOxLIPS]

Dont have a marine test kit yet i only know the salinity is spot on all the time. The light is a led that came with the 46l arc tank so i thought the light was to weak formmy guess. But the tank is new nearly 4months cycled all the other corals are thriving and fully extended. I use tap water and chlorine neutralizer for water changed i do like 25 to 30 % water change.

 

[MANGOxLIPS]

Sorry im new to the site and its my first nano reef tank set up.

 

[MANGOxLIPS]

So last 2 days hes continously moving up the tank does that mean hes wanting moore light?

 

[MANGOxLIPS]

 

[JacobPF14]

Sorry im new to the site and its my first nano reef tank set up.

Honestly, might be an issue with tap water and to strong of a light. I'd bring water to a LFS that can test your water, that nem is not happy. I know that with my tap has caused issues in the past, RODI for life... lol

 

[MANGOxLIPS]

Honestly, might be an issue with tap water and to strong of a light. I'd bring water to a LFS that can test your water, that nem is not happy. I know that with my tap has caused issues in the past, RODI for life... lol

Okay thank you for the info may i ask how do you mix your rodi water

 

[JacobPF14]

Okay thank you for the info may i ask how do you mix your rodi water

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[Jekyl]

Dont have a marine test kit yet i only know the salinity is spot on all the time. The light is a led that came with the 46l arc tank so i thought the light was to weak formmy guess. But the tank is new nearly 4months cycled all the other corals are thriving and fully extended. I use tap water and chlorine neutralizer for water changed i do like 25 to 30 % water change.

This right here sums up all of your current issues. Not having test kits and using tap water. I wouldn't add any more livestock until both of these are no longer true. Tap water can be full of things designed to kill everything in your tank. Without the test kits and RoDi those things are just increasing with every water change making the problem worse.

 

[hds4216]

Okay thank you for the info may i ask how do you mix your rodi water

RODI water is mixed the same as tap water. The difference is that RODI water is made from an RODI water filtration unit, which you can buy online.

 

[JacobPF14]

This right here sums up all of your current issues. Not having test kits and using tap water. I wouldn't add any more livestock until both of these are no longer true. Tap water can be full of things designed to kill everything in your tank. Without the test kits and RoDi those things are just increasing with every water change making the problem worse.

Agree, I'd go to the LFS and get saltwater mixed from them if it's available. At least until you can solve both of your problems. Test kits are a must, go get some.

 

[Jekyl]

Agree, I'd go to the LFS and get saltwater mixed from them if it's available. At least until you can solve both of your problems. Test kits are a must, go get some.

Don't buy the API test kits either. Get salifert. At least ph, no3, kh/alk and po4 tests

 

[Jekyl]

We need a template for when questions like these get asked to automatically make posters input their parameters and setup

@revhtree

 

[JacobPF14]

Don't buy the API test kits either. Get salifert. At least ph, no3, kh/alk and po4 tests

They do cost more, but def worth it!

 

[laverda]

The light could be too strong since it's in corner of the tank it might be moving to find places with less light. It might be so strong that it's literally frying it. Maybe not though, just make sure that you have live rock so it can move around

Very unlikely. Anemones love light and require strong lightning. They do great under 400 watt metal halides high in the rocks. If they were getting to much they can retract into or under the rock work.