missing anemone

[DAKOOP]

Woke up this morning and my long tentacled anemone of four years was missing. It was fine yesterday. What could happen to it overnight? Everything else is fine.

 

[nemowithnoeyes]

did u take the time and move around rocks/check the stats of your tank to see if he died or is just hiding under a rock for some random reason. heard it happening to a worker at the lfs, mainly because he left his mh on 24hrs on accident and because of that he went underside the rock

 

[DAKOOP]

I see a wierd slime ball in the back of the tank that could have been him at one time but can't reach it.

 

[kimsie]

You really need to find a way to reach it. If it is the LTA and it's dying - they can pollute and nuke your tank.

 

[DAKOOP]

What about my homeless clownfish? Do I need to worry about them?

Anybody have any ideas on what can kill it overnight?

 

[kimsie]

Anemones usually don't just die overnight - they usually slowly waste away. Unless it could have released and got caught in a powerhead or intake?

Your homeless clownfish will be fine unless you let a dead anemone sit in the tank.

 

[DAKOOP]

I was able to tear the tank apart enough to get it out. Not fun!

I raised the lights a bit, could that have caused his problems???

 

[nemowithnoeyes]

nope, once again what is ur amonia/nitrates. you could simply have ran the water paremeters wrong for a week and he died also the light problem no, if you ran your tank around 80-85 degrees F than it was probably temperature. and your clown is fine i would be doing large water changes to substitute for the amonia/toxins released in tank.

 

[DAKOOP]

amonia/trites/trates all read 0.

Tank runs within less than 1/2 degree of 80 all the time, no temp swings.