whats wrong with my bta???

jck9

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its been all shriveled up for like three days. ive had it for like 5 months i dont know what happened. it ate a little bit last night and this morning.
water perameters
ph- 8.2
calc-400
trate-<10
phos-0
alk-4.0
not perfect but seems good to me let me know if there something i might be missing. thanks
 
How old is your lighting?

Is there anything in there that can be pestering it? A pep. shrimp maybe?

Sorry I can't be more help.
 
It's not really anything out of the normal for a RBTA to "shrivel" a bit after feeding, but the longest mine have done that is less than 24 hours. I also had one act like this a bit when I added vinegar and changed the ph of my tank a bit too quickly, but that didn't last too long either. Three days is a long time. At least its eating, though.
 
boy that doesent look great. longest mine went was about 24 hours i was freaking out. did you run all your tests? list all perameters. did u do anything different? switch salts? change flow, have air freshener or windex spray close by?

kinda make a timeline of everything u did recently
 
parameters are up top in first post. added sump instead of the canister filter added a little more flow. i custom made the sump but i waited like three days for the silicone to dry then rinsed it out before i used it. have been running reef carbon in the sump. could the flow be the reason. do you think it will pull through?
 
I donno, they rot from the foot up if it is dieing.

salinity?

so the big change was adding a sump, and you removed a canister filter? I never used one so im not sure what go's in there, but its spounge and biological media right? so essentially you removed the biologicals?? that could be huge. kinda like bio balls if you want to get rid of them you have to remove only a few at a time.

Please let me know about this filter, this could be it. and if it is, I dont have any good advice, might want to post about removeing all biologicals in reef discussion or somewhere with alot of traffic.

do you have another tank with a big dirty sponge you could use?

what did u add to the sump? just a return and overflow?

how long has the carbon been in there? maybe change it out too incase theres a pollutant, but im really not sure
 
salinity is 1.023. i have a 55 with about 60lbs of rock and 30 lbs of live sand. all i had in the canister was a blue filter sponge and some filter floss. the sump has an overflow into a filter sock skimmer and return. perameters have not changed except for the salinity went up about .02.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9478438#post9478438 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jck9
parameters are up top in first post. added sump instead of the canister filter added a little more flow. i custom made the sump but i waited like three days for the silicone to dry then rinsed it out before i used it. have been running reef carbon in the sump. could the flow be the reason. do you think it will pull through?

What type of silicone did you use?? Some have mold inhibitors in then that are harmful to inverts.
 
I think your salinity is a little on the low side, but I don't know that's the problem or not since that's stayed close to the same. I don't know if low salinity would take awhile to have an affect on the nem or if it would be quicker. I think most recommendations I've seen for salinity is right around 1.025 (my husband likes 1.0256)
I hope you get this figured out soon! Is the clarki still hanging out in it? That might not be good for it right now, but I would get a second opinion on that.

Good luck!
 
ive been useing the sump a little over a week. i used the ge brand window and door 100% silicone . i asked on here and that is what i was told to use. i have all softies in my tank. toadstools, colt, finger, star pollups.
 
Truthfully, I would think more flow would be beneficial instead of causing deflation. Try a water change...they always seem to help things that are hurting. What are you feeding? It may be(not saying it is) if you are feeding silversides that you should switch to mysis. Feed with selcon and garlic dosed mysis shrimp every day to every other day. I've heard problems with siversides bones getting caught in the anem and choking/tearing the insides. That fear keeps me only feeding deshelled(unless the chitonous shell is thin enough to be eaten, like mysis, krill, copes, etc) inverts to stay away from anything sharp, hard, and pointy going inside of my fleshy, boneless structured anems. I overfeed my anems and have never once seen them expell waste, which mean the food I feed is being fully utilized by the anems.

I know people love silversides and swear by them, but is this just because a store tells you that's what they eat or have you done any trials with other things such as squid, clams, scallops, oysters, mysis, or other such products? Since I stopped silversides and started invert meals, my clowns have grown significantly, colored up much nicer, and the anems can't get enough of it...they are sticky, bubbly(sometimes), and very healthy. I know I got a little off topic, especially since I don't know what you feed, but if you do feed silversides, maybe try a switchover.
 
i just did a water change. i do feed silversides it seems like a few of its tentacles might be trying to inflate but not that much. i hope it will pull through. thanks everyone and please keep the input coming i can use all the help i can get
 
Does that GE silicone have BioSeal? Most of them do. It is some additive that inhibits mold growth...May or may not be good for your anemone. Do any of your other corals look bad? If not, then it probably isn't a problem. Adding carbon could have cleared up your water making the light intensity increase (though usually the anemone would move if it bothered him enough). I don't think nitrates are an issue with them at all. Perhaps your clown is just beating it up a lot...Could try making a plastic cup with lots of holes to keep the clown from bothering it...
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9484677#post9484677 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mogrash
Does that GE silicone have BioSeal? Most of them do. It is some additive that inhibits mold growth...May or may not be good for your anemone. Do any of your other corals look bad? If not, then it probably isn't a problem. Adding carbon could have cleared up your water making the light intensity increase (though usually the anemone would move if it bothered him enough). I don't think nitrates are an issue with them at all. Perhaps your clown is just beating it up a lot...Could try making a plastic cup with lots of holes to keep the clown from bothering it...

I agree.
 
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