Best care for anemones??

[nasotang00]

I have purchased, in the past, about 3 anemones. 1 long tent. and 2 seabeas. I am able to keep them for about 3 months then they seem to just die. I have a 55 gal standard with 257w worth of light. 2 96w PC and 1 65w PC. This is 4.6w per gallon. All testing is done on a regular basis. The only thing that may get high sometimes is nitrates but when I get those readings I will usually do a 10-15% water change that night or the night after. Is there some sort of secret care or something that "must" be done to keep these wonderfull creatures. I have 2 percs that take to any anemone that I put in the tank and they bring it food at every feeding as well. Calcium is always at 400-450, 0 nitrites always, 0-minute trace of amonia(this has never changed since 1st cycle), 3.5 alk, 8.2-8.4 ph, 1.023-1.025 salinity. 78 deg temp always. I do have a skimmer on the tank, bak pak 2, as well as a 10 gallon sump with 7.5 gallons water constant. Any input would be great.
As always, thanks all.
~naso

 

[kelly]

Naso,
What do you feed them? They may be starving to death, if all the food the get is from the perculas.

 

[jacksonpt]

From my experience, it's almost always starvation. I have been having pretty good luck with my BTA lately, and I've been feeding him at least once a day.