Hello Anemone Keepers of Reef Central,
I am in need of some anemone help. My bubble tip anemone is struggling. I have attached pics of its current state and what it looked like three months ago when I initially bought it.
Specs:
Tank size- 25 gal display with 10 gallon sump
Parameters all look good, alkalinity stays around 11-12 KH and calcium around 440 ppm. Nitrates and nitrites are 0. salinity 1.025
Other tanks inhabitants- 6 line wrasse, 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 clown goby, small zoanthid colony away from anemone, kenya tree, and GSP
Factors that could be contributing to nem stress:
-2 very attached clowns
-Lack of flow: prior to today I had one 700gph powerhead for the tank which seemingly provided adequate flow, I have just added a 400 gph powerhead to increase flow today
-Lack of food variety- only fed store bought shrimp (not mysis, but occasionally when feeding the fish I will sprinkle some mysis onto the nem which he accepts and eats readily)
-Lack of salinity stability- currently without an ATO, trying to keep salinity around 1.025 with manual adding of RODI alkalinized (baking soda) water
-Occasional Ca2+ supplement with "purple up"- about once a week in between water changes
The anemone readily ate the shrimp i fed him yesterday which it has typically not had trouble eating. I have seen it shrink up before, but never like this and never for as long as this. It has been looking this way for most the day with stringy material being expelled from its mouth. In attempts to revive it I have increased the flow of the tank and did a 25% water change yesterday. Any suggestions on how to help would be immensely appreciated!
I am in need of some anemone help. My bubble tip anemone is struggling. I have attached pics of its current state and what it looked like three months ago when I initially bought it.
Specs:
Tank size- 25 gal display with 10 gallon sump
Parameters all look good, alkalinity stays around 11-12 KH and calcium around 440 ppm. Nitrates and nitrites are 0. salinity 1.025
Other tanks inhabitants- 6 line wrasse, 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 clown goby, small zoanthid colony away from anemone, kenya tree, and GSP
Factors that could be contributing to nem stress:
-2 very attached clowns
-Lack of flow: prior to today I had one 700gph powerhead for the tank which seemingly provided adequate flow, I have just added a 400 gph powerhead to increase flow today
-Lack of food variety- only fed store bought shrimp (not mysis, but occasionally when feeding the fish I will sprinkle some mysis onto the nem which he accepts and eats readily)
-Lack of salinity stability- currently without an ATO, trying to keep salinity around 1.025 with manual adding of RODI alkalinized (baking soda) water
-Occasional Ca2+ supplement with "purple up"- about once a week in between water changes
The anemone readily ate the shrimp i fed him yesterday which it has typically not had trouble eating. I have seen it shrink up before, but never like this and never for as long as this. It has been looking this way for most the day with stringy material being expelled from its mouth. In attempts to revive it I have increased the flow of the tank and did a 25% water change yesterday. Any suggestions on how to help would be immensely appreciated!