Xenia dying and Anemone hiding

[Manda0597]

Help please! We bought this rock with 2 anemones and pulsing xenias and it looked great in the store. Now it looks like this today. Xenias are wilted and anemones are hiding.
Nitrates 20ppm (we have tried everything,they won't go down)
Phosphates 0.25 ppm
Ammonia,nitrites 0
Salinity 0.24

 

[Reefer5640]

That looks like anthelia to me. 20 ppm is pretty high for my liking. But anthelia should be able to tolerate higher nitrates. I try for 3-5ppm personally but I know people that keep higher nitrates in their reef tanks. How long have they been in the tank. I have anthelia in a softy/refugium and it’s not uncommon for them to drape over like that for a day or two and then bounce back. Seemed to be around water changes for me. As for the nems, if it’s a new addition they will definitely roam until they’re happy and the higher nitrates may be bothering them. Make sure they don’t go hide somewhere and die. Just keep an eye on them. As long as they aren’t shriveled up to nothing or their mouth gaping open then you should let them be. Of course if they stay out of the light for long you’ll need to nudge them to move eventually. How are the other corals and inhabitants in the tank doing?

 

[Manda0597]

That looks like anthelia to me. 20 ppm is pretty high for my liking. But anthelia should be able to tolerate higher nitrates. I try for 3-5ppm personally but I know people that keep higher nitrates in their reef tanks. How long have they been in the tank. I have anthelia in a softy/refugium and it’s not uncommon for them to drape over like that for a day or two and then bounce back. Seemed to be around water changes for me. As for the nems, if it’s a new addition they will definitely roam until they’re happy and the higher nitrates may be bothering them. Make sure they don’t go hide somewhere and die. Just keep an eye on them. As long as they aren’t shriveled up to nothing or their mouth gaping open then you should let them be. Of course if they stay out of the light for long you’ll need to nudge them to move eventually. How are the other corals and inhabitants in the tank doing?

The only other coral is mushrooms and I full like a nuke could go off in the tank and they would survive. All fish are doing well. I'm hoping maybe they're just acclimating to a new tank? They just look shriveled and droopy and they looked gorgeous in the tank at the store so it's a little disheartening.

 

[Reefer5640]

When did you add the additions?

 

[brmreefer]

They could be just acclimating. The differences between the store's tank parameters and your home system could be drastic in some aspects and may need some time adjust.

 

[Manda0597]

When did you add the additions?

Yesterday

 

[Manda0597]

They could be just acclimating. The differences between the store's tank parameters and your home system could be drastic in some aspects and may need some time adjust.

I hope so because the nems and xenia anthelia whatever it may be was gorgeous in the store

 

[Reefer5640]

Oh yeah if was yesterday give it a few days. They’ll come around