Good Morning All -
A few months back I ventured into the anemone world with a RBTA. I have done a lot of reading and ensured that my tank was ready. It has been established for close to a year with no major fluctuations in tank parameters (equipment and parameters listed below). When I bought the RBTA it was very bright and fully opened would probably be about 2 1/2 to 3" in diameter. Initially it would move about to try and find a spot. The most time it ever spent in a particular spot was maybe 10 days. I fed mysis shrimp every 4-5 days and it happily swallowed them up. Fast forward 2 1/2 months and it has slowly deteriorated. It is very small, perhaps only 3/4-1" when fully opened and is a dark purple color. The tips of the tentacles still have the original color but are slowly going. This past week, it was disappearing for a day at a time. My tank does not offer many hiding spots that are free from view so I have to assume it went under something during that time.
I have two ideas on what may be happening. First, the light isn't powerful enough. The anemone seems to have favored spots highest in the tank, directly under the light. I also believe the light may be the reason I cannot get SPS to grow very well in the tank. Second, I replaced the four Koralia powerheads I had in the tank with two Ecotech Vortech MP10 powerheads. Perhaps it doesn't like the flow? It isn't directly in the flow at all but may be inhibiting its movement a bit.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
60g Cube
Vortech powerheads
Kessil A150 LED
KH 8.3
PH 8
Ammonia - Untraceable
Nitrite - Untraceable
Nitrate - 2 - 2.5 PPM
Salinity 1.025
Magnesium - 1400
Calcium - 475
A few months back I ventured into the anemone world with a RBTA. I have done a lot of reading and ensured that my tank was ready. It has been established for close to a year with no major fluctuations in tank parameters (equipment and parameters listed below). When I bought the RBTA it was very bright and fully opened would probably be about 2 1/2 to 3" in diameter. Initially it would move about to try and find a spot. The most time it ever spent in a particular spot was maybe 10 days. I fed mysis shrimp every 4-5 days and it happily swallowed them up. Fast forward 2 1/2 months and it has slowly deteriorated. It is very small, perhaps only 3/4-1" when fully opened and is a dark purple color. The tips of the tentacles still have the original color but are slowly going. This past week, it was disappearing for a day at a time. My tank does not offer many hiding spots that are free from view so I have to assume it went under something during that time.
I have two ideas on what may be happening. First, the light isn't powerful enough. The anemone seems to have favored spots highest in the tank, directly under the light. I also believe the light may be the reason I cannot get SPS to grow very well in the tank. Second, I replaced the four Koralia powerheads I had in the tank with two Ecotech Vortech MP10 powerheads. Perhaps it doesn't like the flow? It isn't directly in the flow at all but may be inhibiting its movement a bit.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
60g Cube
Vortech powerheads
Kessil A150 LED
KH 8.3
PH 8
Ammonia - Untraceable
Nitrite - Untraceable
Nitrate - 2 - 2.5 PPM
Salinity 1.025
Magnesium - 1400
Calcium - 475
