alanbates12
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I've not had the best of luck with anemones, 3 BTA and a Seaba. Everything I've put in has kicked the bucket. I've researched and found the first two was most likely because I was to new to the hobby and unstable parameters. My Seaba was bleached but doing well till I noticed my hydrometer was not accurate and I raised the salinity to quickly. Then I waited a long time and my tank looks great with coralline growing. I've got all parameters stable and according to the LFS they are great. PH 8.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0, Phosphate 0.5, CA, Mg and Kh are with in normal range. Lighting you can see in my signature. The last BTA I bought had Great color, brown with purple tips. I acclimated him by floating then adding a bit of water to the bag over 30 min. Placed him on the bottom of the tank and he quickly attached himself to a rock and moved into a hiding spot. Looked great over the next three days. I'm a Fireman and left the 4th day to go to work, 24 hr shift, and again he looked great tucked back into his little corner. Came home the next morning and he was upside down in a different spot under some rocks. I noticed lots of gunk floating around. I picked him up and he had that smell, although his foot was still puffed up. The guys at the LFS think I've got something attacking my anemones. I do know I have bristles in my tank but I really don't see many of them at night. I've placed some cheese cloth with some food wrapped in it near where my anemone died hoping to catch something to give me an answer. Any ideas what may be the problem. My tank is fish less right now due to the Ich. I've got a few other corals and they seem ok. I do have a brain that the LFS said looks like something is irritating him. Ok, So what are your thoughts.
