Carpet Anemone Issues

[bradleym]

So I have a new anemone, my first carpet (and it's a baby).

He looked like this for a day or two but has been looking sick and wandering for a week now and I'm real worried. I have 2 rock anemones and 2 mini carpet anemones that are all looking great and have never had a bad day in their lives.

I also have LPS, SPS, softies, snails, crabs, shrimp and fish. Not a thing looks sick but him...

You get the idea. The only thing I can think is maybe he needs more light? The rock anemones are on the outskirts of my lighting but the mini carpets are dead center on top of the rockwork(I placed them there and they never moved). I have two 14K MH hanging about 24" above a 75 gallon zeroedge, so sand to light distance right around 3 feet or less. Any help would be appreciated I really love this little guy! TIA

 

[Toddrtrex]

What wattage are those lights? Did you acclimate it to your lights?

What are your current water parameters -- with numbers.

I would suggest doing around a 10 gallon water change, and another one the next day. But, from those pictures it looks like it isn't doing all that great. I have had Haddonis in the past that would to the open mouth, inverted stomach thing, and they never made it.

How far apart are those pictures -- time wise.

 

[bradleym]

My apologies! 2 14K 150watt MH. The pics are in order of occurrence and the first is day 1 but all others day 10 over a 3 hour span.

My parameters:

SG: 1.026
PH: 8.1
Am: 0
N02: 0
No3: 10
Alk: 11
Cal: 420-430
Temp: 80F

 

[bradleym]

Also, I did a 90 minute acclimation but did not do a light acclimation as it was never an issue before. Could that be the problem? I will do the water changes as suggested, and I also switched out my carbon yesterday just in case. Thanks again.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Those numbers look good.

I don't think not doing light acclimation caused this issue, but it didn't help -- though 150's are all that powerful -- but do you know what lights it was under?

The tentacles look pretty small and sparse, think it was pretty stressed out when you got it.

I would stick with the water changes and keep a close eye on it. I hope that it makes a recovery for you, but, IME, when it starts making those drastic mouth changes in a matter of hours it is on its way out.

 

[bradleym]

Those numbers look good.

I don't think not doing light acclimation caused this issue, but it didn't help -- though 150's are all that powerful -- but do you know what lights it was under?

The tentacles look pretty small and sparse, think it was pretty stressed out when you got it.

I would stick with the water changes and keep a close eye on it. I hope that it makes a recovery for you, but, IME, when it starts making those drastic mouth changes in a matter of hours it is on its way out.

Thanks I'm still holding out hope. The first pic looked healthy to me?? Never messed with carpets before. The original lighting was twelve T5s at approx. the same distance.

 

[bradleym]

Just got home and now he's settled into the deepest darkest hole in my rockwork. He's in a spot so dark I had to find him by flashlight. And he looks like the 2nd to last pic but with a tighter mouth. I'm no expert but it seems like he's gone off to die in peace.

 

[mikew012343]

hows he doing ?

 

[bradleym]

Melted away. I came home 2 nights ago to find my nassarius snails cleaning up the mess. Still don't know why though.