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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Well like you said reduce the salinity. And fast. That's way above NSW and it's certainly stressing out the anenome and coral in your tank. NO3 is very high as well - get it down fast. I recommend anywhere from 20%-30% water changes (and not so much salt since you want to REDUCE the SG).
Now onto the anenome having long tentacles. I have a BTA as well and it's tentacles are long, too. Some bubble tip anenome's do this, others don't. It sometimes can be intepreted as a sign of lack of light but most likely due to a lack of food. I know my BTA switches to "long tentacle mode" when I haven't fed him in a few days. But this can be wrong too since even after I feed him he still has his long tentacles - sometimes maybe for months at a time.
Overall it's not life-threatening to your anenome. At this point I'd be much more concerned about your water parameters than the appearance of your BTA (which can, indirectly, be the result of your water).
Now onto the anenome having long tentacles. I have a BTA as well and it's tentacles are long, too. Some bubble tip anenome's do this, others don't. It sometimes can be intepreted as a sign of lack of light but most likely due to a lack of food. I know my BTA switches to "long tentacle mode" when I haven't fed him in a few days. But this can be wrong too since even after I feed him he still has his long tentacles - sometimes maybe for months at a time.
Overall it's not life-threatening to your anenome. At this point I'd be much more concerned about your water parameters than the appearance of your BTA (which can, indirectly, be the result of your water).
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.
