Please help urgent

[aussienoob]

PLEASE HELP URGENT

my anemone which is in a new tank about 2 months old is closing up and it wont really attach to anything

all my parameters are fine

i dont understand why its so unhappy

i do however only have 2 T5 HO lights but my tank is only 50 gallons

what can i do to improve the situation

 

[hey_frag]

2 months is an incredibly young tank for a nem. Which params are you testing for? Most people aim for a year before introducing nem's. Params may be showing fine at the time you tested, but as the tanks young the bio load bacteria isn't mature enough to deal with much very quickly.

 

[aussienoob]

i am aware that it is incredibly young, however i test the params very regularly,
ammonia 0
nitrates 0
nitrites 0
ph 8.4
salinity 0.025

 

[All6Fish]

What about calcium!!!! Very important.

 

[All6Fish]

They do not require high levels but a norm of 420 should be fine, they don't like fluctuations so new tanks wouldn't be a good idea for anenomes. Feeding them is important and over feeding them is not a good idea either. I feed our Atlantics once a week and our RBT twice but in that case I'm trying to feed it so it splits so I can add one to our oth tank. You may have just went to fast and added it to soon.

 

[SomeDude12]

What type of anemone is it? Was it attached previously? It's not unusual for an anemone to reposition itself and move around the tank. Even dislodge its foot and float on occasion.

 

[bradleym]

What about calcium!!!! Very important.

Um, what? How is calcium important to a creature that doesn't calcify anything?

 

[sqwat]

No were near enough lighting.for 50 gallons you need 4 at least maybe 6.I have six on my 40 vhos. And I still think its not enough.

 

[bradleym]

I would agree that the tank is too new and the lights too dim. Try doing a 20% water change every other day for a week and see if it improves.

Also, please check your alkalinity. If it is below 8 or 9 the pH levels will swing between day and night. That alone can take out a new anemome. I would recommend alk of 10 for a new nem to get some stability.

 

[All6Fish]

if im not mistaken calcium and alkalinity run hand in hand.....Unfortunately, calcium and alkalinity are linked 4,5 in many ways in reef tanks, and these links can lead to serious problems if they are not fully understood. If, for example, you add too much of a calcium supplement, you will drive down alkalinity as you get precipitation of calcium carbonate in the tank. Likewise, adding too much of an alkalinity supplement can result in reduction of calcium. Consequently, trying to correct one problem can cause another. Moreover, if you try to correct a calcium or alkalinity "œproblem" with the wrong type of additive, you might accomplish nothing more than creating limestone in your tank.

 

[aussienoob]

yeah my calcium and alkalinity is looking pretty good but could lighting be killing it, also, all my fish have white spot and are dying one by one, it doesnt affect anemones does it?

 

[All6Fish]

Could it be ick?

 

[aussienoob]

turns out it was marine velvet, everything is daed but the two clownfish and anemone and coral

 

[SomeDude12]

turns out it was marine velvet, everything is daed but the two clownfish and anemone and coral

Velvet doesn't affect inverts.

 

[aussienoob]

i am aware of that, thats why they are still alive