Anemone Poisening?

MikeyNYC

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I had a few mystery fish deaths in my tank recently, two mated maroon clowns, and one coral beauty. My levels are all good. The maroon male didn't show any signs of weakness, woke up the next morning and there he was was. The female maroon, and the coral beauty, where very reclusive, rarely coming of hiding since their introduction into the tank. All of the fish were less than a week old, est 3-4 days.

With that said, I own a Bubble tip anemone which also died, and was in the tank for up to two days. It was a pretty rough week for the tank, but still the levels have remained stable. I was talking with a buddy of mine, and he mentioned that he stays away from anemones because when they start to die they release poisenous toxins into the water, which can intern kill other livestock, does that hold any merit?.

Before introducing the clowns, and the angel, I had two 3 strip damsels, one kole tang, which have all remained healthy.

Any suggestions?
 
the maroons and cb may have already been sick. you really need to quarentine new fish. that way you can keep a close eye on them and treat them as needed without getting any other fish sick.

what are your perimeters?

an anemone dieing in the tank can reek havoc.

how old is your tank??

salinity? nitrates? ammonia? calcium? alkalinity? temp?

how did you acclimate them?
 
Anemone and fish deaths are probably unrelated.

Clowns and angels are notorious for getting brook. More info on brook and other diseases is here

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/fishdiseases.html

More info on quarantine tanks for clowns

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=288805

Anemones do not release toxins in the water when they are injured or dead. Decomposing anemones contribute heavily to ammonia and subsequent nitrites spikes.

More info on keeping anemones is here

http://www.carlosreef.com/AnemoneFAQ.pdf
 
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