Is this guy about to die?

[TheMandarin]

 

[D-Nak]

Eventually, as all things do. But in all seriousness, it looks okay, not on its deathbed just yet. Is it a magnifica? If so, check your nitrates.

 

[TheMandarin]

Just checked, Nitrates are at 0ppm and Phosphates are at 0.5ppm

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

How old is the tank? How long have you had the anemone? How did you acclimate? What type of lighting? Also, please list all water parameters.

 

[ClownNut]

i would be more worry about the powerhead ATM.

 

[TheMandarin]

How old is the tank? How long have you had the anemone? How did you acclimate? What type of lighting? Also, please list all water parameters.

tank is 4 months old.
Anemone is 2 months old, been doing well really.. clowns hosting, it's eating.
lighting is single Kessil a150w.
I drip acclimate everything in my tank.
Water params:
Salinity is 1.028
Nitrates: 0
Nitrites: 0
Ammonia: 0
PH: 7.9
Just took another photo of him.. not looking too good now.

Pic of the whole tank:

 

[sjwitt]

Salinity of 1.028 is too high. It should be 1.024-1.026. I would remove some water and put some freshwater in and bring it down quickly. Are you topping off with fresh water or salt?

 

[TheMandarin]

Salinity of 1.028 is too high. It should be 1.024-1.026. I would remove some water and put some freshwater in and bring it down quickly. Are you topping off with fresh water or salt?

top off with RO

 

[D-Nak]

Salinity of 1.028 is too high. It should be 1.024-1.026. I would remove some water and put some freshwater in and bring it down quickly. Are you topping off with fresh water or salt?

I would respectfully disagree. While the salinity is high, you don't want to bring it down too quickly. I'm assuming it got that high slowly, which means the inhabitants were able to adjust. Many reef creatures are used to swings in salinity, especially those that get caught in tide pools where salinity can rise very high. Keep in mind that while most shoot for 35 ppt, places like the Red Sea are closer to 40 ppt.

Bring it down slowly.

 

[sjwitt]

D-Nak good point. I should have written that differently ...

OP you should start right away on working now to bring down the SG. Do you usually keep your tank at that reading? How do you measure salinity? You said the anemone was doing well but I don't see it in the FTS (nice thank btw); do you have a before picture?