Is nem dead

[al vance]

Hello;
I think my anemone is dying.
Just put him in on Sunday.
He has moved some and I have not messed with him at all.
All Paras are good.
Frav - 1.025
PH - 8.2
KH - 9
Calc - 400
Phos - .5
Amm, Nitrite, Nitrate - 0
I have 4 T5 Lights, 2X Aqua Blue+, 2X Actinic.
I run a protein skimmer & Just set up a phosban reactor.

Not sure what I am doing. Tank has been running for 3 years.
I had a condy that outgrew the tank and am now trying another nem.

It looks like it is deteriating on the one side but some of his tentacles are still moving.
Should I remove him???

Picks as of 20 minutes ago;
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab48/AlVance/P1040108_zps55ba88a7.jpg

 

[C Dog]

Looks really bleached. If you think it is dying or smells rotten I would get him out before it affects the whole tank.

 

[al vance]

How can I smell him??

 

[C Dog]

take the rock with it out of the water or just pick the nem up if it isnt sticking

 

[al vance]

its curling up on its own.
Do you think it must be alive??

 

[Daniel62]

Hi,
From the photo, its not looking so good. But a better photo would help. What type of nem?

 

[Toddrtrex]

Of course it is hard to tell from one picture, and with the state that it is in, but I would say that you have an H. crispa -- a bleached one at that.
For the future, avoid white (( bleached )) anemones.

If it was me, I would pull it -- and do it with a net, since I have a feeling that it will fall apart when pulled.

 

[ClayaLaLeona]

Hey, how did this end up going? It looked pretty bad in the picture...
In my opinion I wouldn't let it to that point it would have been out of my tank when it started shedding its tentacles