well ive had my bubble tip anemone for about 2 months, for about the first month it was healthy amd very plump and bubble tip teniacals, now my water quality at the time wasnt probably the best when i put him in and kinda got worse there after, for about 2 weeks now ive been trying to get my water quality perfect cause all my corals were looking real bad and also last week i bought two 250 watt hqi 15k,AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE 2 96 WATT PC10K AND ANTIC I HAD and my leather coral is doing much better opened all up and my flower pot has open up as well,but still , my anemone is doing a little better, but still has long tenicals, not bubble, still does not look like when i first bought him WHAT DO I DO? PLEASE HELP! PH 8.3, DKH 9.3PPM, CA 430PPM ,N03 50PPM HIGH YES I KNOW TRYING TO GET DOWN,NO2 .O1 , PO4 .O1 AND I JUST BOUGHT THE PO4 TEST AND FOUND THAT I HAD PO4 SO I BOUGHT PO4 REMOVER AND NOW ITS DOWN TOO .O1PPM WATER TEMP 79, SALINITY 1.028 -1.030 HIGH YES I KNOW TRYING TO GET DOWN AS WELL. I HAVE HIGH FLOW 125GTANK DOLPIN2700 IN MY TANK I HAVE ABOUT 60 GALLONS OF SUMP,SOON REFUGIUM, I HAVE A CRAPPY Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 LOL. THANKYOU
bubble tip anemone
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kappaknight
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Is long tip bad? Mine is kinda long tip looking but he seems like he's thriving.
EdKruzel
Premium Member
Your temperature should be about 82 degrees.
It shouldn't be difficult to bring the SG down a bit, simply remove a couple of gallons of tank water and replace it with purified fresh water.
Do this every couple of days until it is at about .025-.026.
The tentacles of the BTA can be long without the bulb.
This happens often in tanks because of certain water currents or the lack of a clownfish.
Fresh shrimp w/shell, cut strips of fish flesh and Mysid are good nutritious foods that should be target fed 2 to 3x's a week.
Ed
It shouldn't be difficult to bring the SG down a bit, simply remove a couple of gallons of tank water and replace it with purified fresh water.
Do this every couple of days until it is at about .025-.026.
The tentacles of the BTA can be long without the bulb.
This happens often in tanks because of certain water currents or the lack of a clownfish.
Fresh shrimp w/shell, cut strips of fish flesh and Mysid are good nutritious foods that should be target fed 2 to 3x's a week.
Ed
z_rivers
New member
it isnt really known why some bubble tips bubble and some have long tentacles. ive owned a few where they would bubble from time to time and be stringy for the rest. i wouldnt be worried about the anemone unless it starts to lose color, shrink, fall apart etc. feed it meaty foods like krill and silversides about 1cm x 1cm every 2-3 days. as long as hes opened up and eating i wouldnt worry one bit.
allrighty salinity is going down adding ro/di water with buffer and calcium, came down today look at my tank, lights off, anenome looked good, put on power compacts to to simulate sunrise then matal halide one at a time and then mr bubble anenome started to shirvle up,WHAT THE HELL? YESTERDAY TRIED TO FEED WAS VERY HARD TO FEED WAS NOT GRABING THE FOOD LIKE NORMAL. THE ANENOME PAIN IN THE BUTT.
