BTA in a 6 gal...wtf!?

[colourmop]

my friend just left for his 3 months break and left his fish tank with me.
it is a 6 gal nano cube with 18w(or whatever the light come with the tank...) PC light, amazingly he have a pair of false clown, 2x huge hammer coral, bunch o zoa and a BTA the size of 3inch.
the anemone dont have a good color (somewhat yellow/whiteish) I need to keep it alive for 3 months(until my friend come back)
some info on his tank:
6cal, around 8lb of LR, 2inch SB, SG around 1.027-1.030 (was 1.030 when I got the tank, down to 1.028 after couple water changes)
nitrate 20-30 (AFTER 2x water changes) trite, ammonia, etc etc 0.
didnt test hardness/cal level, my cheap test strip says they are ok.
ok here is the deal, I know there is NO WAY an anemone would survive in that tank, I told him before/during/after he brought it, and I will keep doing water change just to keep the trate level down (for the next 3 months)
anything else I could do to help/keep this anemone alive?

 

[nietzsche]

Originally Posted by colourmop
my friend just left for his 3 months break and left his fish tank with me.
it is a 6 gal nano cube with 18w(or whatever the light come with the tank...) PC light, amazingly he have a pair of false clown, 2x huge hammer coral, bunch o zoa and a BTA the size of 3inch.
the anemone dont have a good color (somewhat yellow/whiteish) I need to keep it alive for 3 months(until my friend come back)
some info on his tank:
6cal, around 8lb of LR, 2inch SB, SG around 1.027-1.030 (was 1.030 when I got the tank, down to 1.028 after couple water changes)
nitrate 20-30 (AFTER 2x water changes) trite, ammonia, etc etc 0.
didnt test hardness/cal level, my cheap test strip says they are ok.
ok here is the deal, I know there is NO WAY an anemone would survive in that tank, I told him before/during/after he brought it, and I will keep doing water change just to keep the trate level down (for the next 3 months)
anything else I could do to help/keep this anemone alive?

ya, move it to a larger, more stable (mature) tank. Other then than, good luck.

 

[colourmop]

think it will survive for 3 months? I just dont want to do some massive water change when it nuke the tank
p.s. dont have a larger/more matured tank around me :x

 

[nietzsche]

Originally Posted by colourmop
think it will survive for 3 months? I just dont want to do some massive water change when it nuke the tank
p.s. dont have a larger/more matured tank around me :x
it could be possible that it might barely live. if it already looks bad now, 3 months seems like it's pushing it. it might have lost or is losing its zooanthallae.

 

[colourmop]

think if I feed it twice/week with few brines will help?

 

[nietzsche]

Originally Posted by colourmop
think if I feed it twice/week with few brines will help?
brine shrimp wont help it. you could try feeding it some different type of food, not sure what they eat. Maybe half a silver side? depending on its size. it should be fed once a week, not sure what the advantage/disadvantages of feeding it twice a week might be. : sorry i'm not much help. maybe you can find a temporary home for it in the mean time with some halide lighting or a better source of lighting.

 

[colourmop]

yeah I told him to let the LFS(good one) to hold it for a while, but he is kinda cheap...
how about a mix of cyclopeez, encapsulated brines? all the silver sides come in a huge 1lb bag D:

 

[nietzsche]

Originally Posted by colourmop
yeah I told him to let the LFS(good one) to hold it for a while, but he is kinda cheap...
how about a mix of cyclopeez, encapsulated brines? all the silver sides come in a huge 1lb bag D:
you could try that and target feed it with a baster. if it's looking bad then maybe you could feed it more than 2 times a week since it might not have any zooxanthellae... maybe a mix of that with brine or mysis

 

[reefkprz]

take it to a pet store and tell him it died, save the poor things life. IMO he is doing very irresponsible husbandry and shouldnt have it.

 

[jeffy1833]

Put it up for sale and tell roomy it croaked. Where you located?

 

[dreamsurf]

Go here and if this don't help then email her, she will answer your questions fast. She helped me with my BTA that I got from our LFS and it was almost dead when I bought it. I did what she told me to do and my BTA is beautiful now.
http://www.karensroseanemones.com/index.htm