Cant keep other nems alive

[bjledbetter]

I have a nice size ritteri that i got back in December along with two bta's and a seabe (not sure weither it was malu or crispa.) The seabe didnt survive shipping and the bta's moved around a lot before dieing. The ritteri is doing great and growing fast. My water prams are all good. If you want current prams I can get them in the morning. I added another bta last month and it was dead by late the next day. On tuesday of this week i added a condy just to see if it would live. Same result almost over night its dead. Is the ritteri attacking them through chemical warfare? Or is there something I may be missing? Ritteri are one of the harder nems to keep alive mine's doing great while the easy to maintain ones are dropping like flies. I have sucessfully kept bta in the past before the ritteri. And for those who are going to ask the tank is over 6 years old

 

[cichlidconvert]

Sounds like chemical warfare to me. Are you running carbon at all? What's the volume water?

 

[bjledbetter]

No carbon im not running any reactors, all phosphate and nitrates are being controlled by macro algae in my sump. Tank is a 90 display with a 40 long sump about half full so total 110g minus lr and coral. How could I add carbon to make it effective enough to keep at least one bta alive? I dont own a reactor would placing it in media bags in my sump be effective enough? Ive never had a problem like this befre. Ive had corals sting when they grew to close but never one to attack clear across the tank without touching

 

[cichlidconvert]

Well I had a ritteri and bta's in a 46 without signs of chemical warfare. The ritteri latter died due to other issues. I had the overflow dump directly onto a bag of chemipure as it entered the sump. But my results were not long term at all. And mixing species is risky at best.

 

[Reefvette]

Larger hosting nems are terrotorial.

 

[bjledbetter]

Would adding carbon make a difference and how should i add it


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[Reefvette]

Yes to carbon but it may not help

 

[aydemir]

It could be shedded nematocysts from the ritteri, since it has a much more potent sting than the other anemones you've had die
Adding carbon would definitely not hurt because it should remove toxins in the water, but I'm not sure if it could've saved those anemones anyways