Help save aneome

[RcManChild]

Just tested the water, all parameters are excellent.
Added a grounding probe just in case.

Here is problem:
Is this bleaching?
The RBTA fell off the rock today I gently pick it back up and put it on the rock and tried to feed it...

Any suggestions here?
Am i better off taking it out?



This is what it used to look like:


This is what it looks like now:

 

[Ebone]

how old is tank... don't see much purple and a lot of green. falling off isn't good however

 

[RcManChild]

tank has been running since October

 

[Ebone]

What are your parameters... tank is a little young for a nem...

 

[Onebadclown]

what are ur parameters?

 

[RcManChild]

0 ammonia
0 nitrite
8.4 PH
0 phosphate
2.5 ppm nitrates
0 copper

 

[RcManChild]

1.025 salt
temperature is 78 degrees

 

[worm5406]

How about lighting? Anything missing from the tank? Anything hit it or pick on it?

Dosing anything?

 

[RcManChild]

nothing picking on it from what i can tell
the mean clownfish like to steal its food when i try to feed it so i have to sit there and watch it..

I am doing calcium to get it to the 460 ppm if i remember correctly once a week. 2.5 gallon water changes every 2 weeks...

 

[RcManChild]

Lighting is the elive LED modular setup.
There are 16 pods, 12 cool white (10 000K) and 4 lunar blue pods.

 

[RcManChild]

happy to report Anemone opened up a little and can now see it's mouth and was able to feed it

 

[Martin Kuhn]

You shouldn't feed a BTA.

As your tank is quite young, focus on stability of your water parameters.

What about Ca,Alk, Mg?
PO4 = 0 .... can't believe

Which test kits do you use ? Are they Calibrated (reference solution) so that you can be sure the results are ok ?

As already posted, your rocks look "without any life".



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[RcManChild]

What do you mean you shouldnt feed a BTA?

Everyone at the store is telling me I should

 

[worm5406]

While you can feed anemones, most use the light as their food source, with supplements when something falls into its tentacles.

An anemone uses more energy digesting food that it needs when it is some duress like yours seems to be. It is recommended to leave it be in a good place within the tank and let it rest/heal some before trying to feed it.

 

[RcManChild]

Is there anything else I can do in the meantime?

 

[NYCBOB]

keep the water condition pristine. lots of green algae from the picture. are u using ro water or running skimmer?

 

[RcManChild]

running skimmer, although it is the IM one and I find it troublesome to get bubbles. sub par skimmer in my mind.

I am not using RO water. That is forsure my next investment.... Most of the algae has been cleared in the past 2 days and the purple has really started to show...

 

[RcManChild]

No change in aneome... anything else I can do?

 

[worm5406]

Have you ever checked for chlorine or ammonia in the tank?

 

[RcManChild]

no ammonia.
I do not have a chlorine test kit but will get one.
Considering my other corals, a torch coral and a diploastrea (I think) are growing It has to be something specific with the anemone. Unfortunately the thing is now sideway and difficult to feed...