BTA is it stressed from the clow or sick?

paramedic720

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Ok, so I have a comfy and a BTA pink tip. I also have two maroon clowns. One is larger than the anemone and is trying to host it. I noticed now for the last several eels the BTA isn't as inflated as it was when I first got it. I added dual bulb T8's which is up from a single. The Coney is loving the more intense light. pH 8.0, ammonia 0 - .25, nitrite and nitrates 0. Phosphates a little high still, but have phosphate sponge in place. Just did a 20% water changes yesterday. I don't have a tone of live rock maybe 15lbs, the rest is base rock which maybe part of the phosphate issue. Temp is around 82-82.5. There is calcium build up on the glass which is etched in, I am going to pick up a new 55 today.
I have enclosed a couple of photos to assist with what I am seeing.
 

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Adding the new light would have stressed him.With adding new light you need to allow time for stock to adjust by starting at 2 or 3 hours and adding more time daily untill amount of time reached.
 
I can't see your pics. Are you saying you have a condy and a BTA? Possible allelopathy issue going on, those are from completely different regions. How old is the tank? Did you rinse the rock beforehand? Any detectable ammonia is too much. What is your flow like? 2 t5's in a 55? That doesn't seem like a lot of light for a BTA. The temp seems a bit high, my BTA prop tank is at 76 degrees, but it is important to make any change gradually, I.e., don't just drop it overnight. Are you feeding it anything? If I could see the pictures I could give a better opinion...am I the only one with this problem?
 
I believe they are t8. From researching on water temps etc, I found that the water temp was supposed to be around 82 degrees with specific gravity of 1.024. Yes, the base rock was rinsed. The tank is about a year old. I just got a different tank tonight so sorry for the reply. I had to move everything over....yes I kept the water etc. I am trying to upload the pics again. Hopefully the image uploaded, not sure why it is giving me issues.
 
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