New to hobby....BTA looks like it's dying

[misty0911]

Before I get pounced on, I know now that I got the BTA way too soon. Tank has only been set up 2 months. But what's done is done. I purchased a BTA from LPS going on 2 weeks now. He was fine for the first 4-5 days, when I noticed other inhabitants had ICH. Purchased medication and dosed entire tank per instructions on bottle,including the warning that "nems" may shrink for several days after dosing with meds. Since the dosing, it seems he has gone downhill fast. Never really recovering.
Here are tank details.
Approx 55 Gallon bowfront tank with overflow
5 gallon (250/300 gph) sump
Blue Bio Balls
600 gph Protein Skimmer in sump
50 gallon UV
Fluval Aquasky Pro

Water Parameters:
Nitrates (No2): .25
Nitrates (No3): 60 (will be dosing with sugar to get these down)
Ph:7.8
Ammonia: 0

Tank Inhabitants:
2 False clows (who I cant get to host)
1 Lunar Wrasse
4 Chromis
1 Gold tipped Blue Damsel
1 Blue Stripped Damsel
1 Electric Blue Damsel
1 Emerald Crab
1 Scooter Bleny
4 Astrea Snails
1 Turbo Snail
1 Chocolate Chip Starfish


I have since removed BTA and brought him outside to absorb natural light, and he seems to have opened a bit. Here is a photo (not the best) of him being immediately removed from the tank.

Is there any hope for this guy?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Anemones do not do well with many chemicals that I know of with the exception of antibiotics when they're sick and Prazipro. I'm sure there're others but none come to mind.

What did you treat the ich with?

No I don't think you will save that one.

Also, there is no med that will treat ich in your DT, if you use a copper based med it will kill all of your inverts and that includes anemones, shrimp, crabs, hermits snails etc.

Please before you treat anything medication wise in your DT please ask us here first. We will not steer you wrong but an LFS has profit to gain, we just want you to be successful with your critters and tank.

I am truly sorry for your loss.

 

[m0nkie]

sorry that looks pretty gone. you maybe have a chance to save it with antibiotics. But it won't survive your tank after. Speically with 0.25 nitrite? nitrite needs to be 0

 

[blueclam99]

I recommend you to get a cheap 20-30 gallon quarantine/hospital tank for new fish or treating sick fish. Never treat your main system unless you have to.

 

[darmar7812]

I'm really interested in knowing what you dosed your tank with?

Also to back up m0nkie, there should never be any livestock in the tank if you have any nitrites at all

 

[gavinbree]

As others have said if there are nitrites you shouldn't have any livestock in there let alone an anemone.

I doubt there is going to be a good outcome to this story.

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[ClownReef®]

Thats quite a bit of fish for such a small tank.

Saltware aquariums are 100% chemistry. If the chemistry fails everything else fails. Ideal parameters must be established first.

Sugar?

What did you dose with?