HELP!!! Anemoen died want to know why

[gunther13mt]

Hello I had a beautiful Ritteri Anemone that just recently died (took him out of the tank this morning when I noticed it.) His base was still dark purple but where he was stuck to the rock was whitish and he was always spitting what looked like a white string with brown in it. Any advice on why he died or what I can do to get another anemone to survive my 2 clowns are swimming around the tank as if they are lost now. my SPG is at 1.025 temp stays between 76-79, PH is at 8.2, Nitrite is at 0 ammonia is at 0, nitrate is at 5ppm any advice would be appreciated my tank is about 6 months old.

fish currently in the tank an no problems.

2 true clowns
4 cleaner shrimp
6 turbo snails
4 emerald crabs
2 watchmen gobies
1 engineer goby.

all seem to be happy and healthy.

 

[addictedreefer]

How big is the tank? What do you have for lighting and flow? What kind of corals do you have in the tank and how are they doing?

 

[nemmy]

I personally like to keep my temp from swinging as much as possible for my nems. My tank is 82.5 and only gets as low as 82.1 and as high as 82.7. They love stability, light, light, light, and flow. Emphasis on light they are HOGS.

 

[gunther13mt]

Attached is my current set up i have no other corals. I have a 55 gallon aquarium running 2 100gpm power heads that moved him a lot was running two 100watt bulbs but since took them down this morning as none of the other fish need them. Still running the LED at the top this is when he was alive

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[m0nkie]

your tank seems very new. The rocks have no coralline. Tons of diatom. Seems like your tank is still cycling. (the algae stage of cycling)

Ritteri is not a beginner anemone.
lot of reasons why anemone die

-lack of lighting
-lack of flow
-too much lighting
-too much flow
-too much lighting too quickly... etc..
-tank too new
-sudden parameter change
-aggressive clowns
-anemone arrived not healthy
-infection from other anemones
etc... etc...

Pictures would help.. Any pictures of anemone when you first got it? did you treat it with anti-biotics? how long did it survive in your tank?

spitting brown stringy things could mean it's expelling zoo. classic signs of a sick anemone.

 

[gunther13mt]

He was alive about 3 weeks this is when i first got him and the day after i put him in the tank. I will defently be waiting longer to try another and tryin to find a better LFS as all i have is petco who kept saying he was fine https://vimeo.com/165069870

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[gunther13mt]

This was about 5 days before he died he seemed to be fine then

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[gunther13mt]

your tank seems very new. The rocks have no coralline. Tons of diatom. Seems like your tank is still cycling. (the algae stage of cycling)

Ritteri is not a beginner anemone.
lot of reasons why anemone die

-lack of lighting
-lack of flow
-too much lighting
-too much flow
-too much lighting too quickly... etc..
-tank too new
-sudden parameter change
-aggressive clowns
-anemone arrived not healthy
-infection from other anemones
etc... etc...

Pictures would help.. Any pictures of anemone when you first got it? did you treat it with anti-biotics? how long did it survive in your tank?

spitting brown stringy things could mean it's expelling zoo. classic signs of a sick anemone.

I attached some pictures from a few days before he died and a video of when i first put him in

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[m0nkie]

seeing those diatoms, I think your tank is too new.

Lighting seems ok, T5 bulb + LED is more than enough.

Flow seems fine with the 2 powerheads.

Anemones go through inflating and deflating cycles. Have you noticed that? Usually they deflate when they expell stringy zoo. It may look healthy when fully inflated, but it's not. 3 weeks survival time is normal for a sick anemone.

Petco anemones tend to be weaker than other LFS. Yours looked very bleached at first, but not too bad in condition.

 

[gunther13mt]

seeing those diatoms, I think your tank is too new.

Lighting seems ok, T5 bulb + LED is more than enough.

Flow seems fine with the 2 powerheads.

Anemones go through inflating and deflating cycles. Have you noticed that? Usually they deflate when they expell stringy zoo. It may look healthy when fully inflated, but it's not. 3 weeks survival time is normal for a sick anemone.

Petco anemones tend to be weaker than other LFS. Yours looked very bleached at first, but not too bad in condition.

he was inflating and deflating a lot was more inflated at night most days and would deflate as the day went on. the unfortunate part is petco is the only place near me that sales saltwater fish. i will wait a lot longer before trying to add another one will try a BTA next go around. or any advice on what kind would be advised

 

[nemmy]

Your tank doesn't have the necessary equipment to sustain this species. When you say "100 watt bulbs" do you mean household bulbs?
Is that a swing arm hydrometer you are using to measure salinity? They are notoriously off and should use a refractometer.
Your rock work needs to be higher so it could get closer to your lighting. Mine rests at the top of my tank almost touching the air getting blasted by an insane amount of light.

And as stated your tank is very new looking and doesn't have the needed stability this species requires.

 

[OrionN]

I agree that your tank is new and not stable. Anemone, especially Magnifica are difficult anemone to care for. They need pristine, stable water.
Inflating and deflating are signs of an infected anemone that is dying unless get treat with antibiotic. Also Magnifica require a lot of random flow and high light (400 W MH over them type of light) which is much higher than even a Radion G3 Pro right above them.
I would highly recommended avoid anemones until you are able to keep a stable tank with thriving corals. If you wish to keep anemone in the future, start out with easier to keep species like BTA (E. quadricolor) or H. malu, or H. crispa.
Unhappy anemone can move, get puree and may wipe out our tank.

 

[MikeyAl]

Too bad. I hate to see this. They are such beautiful creatures and people rush to get them without knowing what is necessary to keep them alive.


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[nemmy]

Here's how high mine is. You can see the reflection from my lighting he's almost out of the water. Goes to show how much light they seek. He's right under an ai hydra 6 inches off the water. And is also getting blasted by the hydra right next to the one he's under.

 

[OrionN]

Here is my Magnifica right under a 250 DE MH. The anemone is barely 4 inches under the water and the light is 6 inches above the water.

 

[nemmy]

Here is my Magnifica right under a 250 DE MH. The anemone is barely 4 inches under the water and the light is 6 inches above the water.

If ours both split we are totally trading clones!
Mines working on 1.5 years in my care.

 

[gunther13mt]

My anemone choose the spot i didnt place him at all i move him to the top of the tank and he moved himself to where you seen

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[nemmy]

What exactly is your lighting Gunther? What 100watt bulbs and what led?
Your rock is only half way up the tank they will eventually want to get higher. He may have went down lower at first before passing away but hr would have claimed back up later. They are wanderers until they find a good spot then usually stay put.

 

[gunther13mt]

I need to buy T5 lights ive read they are better i was using somelight a friend gave me from work when he had his tank but simce gave it back since the passing. The main lighting is a Fluval Sky 35 LED 3000-25000k

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[OrionN]

Normally, we try to set Magnifica at the highest point, smooth flat surface where he get plenty of light and current. If you put him there, he will not move unless the water or the light is not up to what it needed. If this is the case, he may just let go and go sailing and wipe out your tank.
They do need incredible amount of light, a lot of current and stable, clean water. That is why they are so hard to keep. I keep a lot of Magnifica and Gigantea anemones. To give you an idea, this is my light over a 6 foot long tank (100% 12 hr light period)

There are 8 Radion G2 Pro and G3 Pro over a 6 foot tank. The 8 spot lights (120 W equivalent LED) spot on Gigantea and Magnifica for additional lights. Gigantea and Magnifica require a lot of light.