dr5271
New Member
ok so for about a month or two now my haitian anemone has not been doing so well. when i put him in my tank about... 6-8 months ago he was beautiful! big, and stretching very far! i had been feeding it about 1-2 times a week, just peices of shrimp i bought from the saltwater fish food packages. i stopped feeding him as often maybe once every two weeks, (or when i remembered) because i heard that was too much to feed him. i only had two fish, (a clown that hosted in it and a coral beauty, and some hermits).and i recently started feeding a different food (Marine cuisine) because i thought it may be its diet!
I only had a power compact regular light (low lighting) because i could not afford better. he was doing great! and then i heard that all anemones need strong lighting and they can live in your tank for about 6 months until they die. i got scared, but he was doing great!
i had a high nitrate levels about 2 months ago and fixed that within a two days, but he looked bad before that.
less than a month ago i got a brand new light!
! i thought this would perk my anemone back up! with two floresent and a metal halide. my anemone hated the light and hid under the shade of a rock for a week, i bet he was just in shock from the strong lighting. i kept feeding him but he just looks the size of a quarter short, stocky, barley has tentacles out and my clown is upset he can't host in it! i try every now and then to bring him from under his rock shelter, and he seems to look better out in the open, but not like he used to10x the size he is now)!
its been 3 weeks since i put my light in and my anemone still hates it and looks bad still, every day, i am afraid it will die in my tank and kill all my fish (thats what i heard happens when they get so small)
after i got my light i put in more fish (two firefish, a (3-5in) salefin tang, and a fire shrimp) but i do not think those really matter with the anemone because he looked bad before they appeared..
I have a 45gallon glass tank
a fluval 304 canister filter
an ocean pro ($100) protein skimmer that hangs off the back of the tank
Salinity= 30
specific gravity=1.022
and my ph levels are :
0ppm Nitrite
10ppm Nitrate (i think this is high because i have not done a water change yet/ or because of the recently added poop machines (Tang)
0.25ppm= Ammonia
8.0= PH
i do a 35% water change every month, (with RO water as well) and am planning on doing one this weekend (may be why i have high nitrate/ ammonia levels)
i am totally stumped!
what do you think is wrong? should i take him out? thanks for all your help!
i can post pic's if necessary!
I only had a power compact regular light (low lighting) because i could not afford better. he was doing great! and then i heard that all anemones need strong lighting and they can live in your tank for about 6 months until they die. i got scared, but he was doing great!
i had a high nitrate levels about 2 months ago and fixed that within a two days, but he looked bad before that.
less than a month ago i got a brand new light!
! i thought this would perk my anemone back up! with two floresent and a metal halide. my anemone hated the light and hid under the shade of a rock for a week, i bet he was just in shock from the strong lighting. i kept feeding him but he just looks the size of a quarter short, stocky, barley has tentacles out and my clown is upset he can't host in it! i try every now and then to bring him from under his rock shelter, and he seems to look better out in the open, but not like he used to10x the size he is now)!its been 3 weeks since i put my light in and my anemone still hates it and looks bad still, every day, i am afraid it will die in my tank and kill all my fish (thats what i heard happens when they get so small)
after i got my light i put in more fish (two firefish, a (3-5in) salefin tang, and a fire shrimp) but i do not think those really matter with the anemone because he looked bad before they appeared..
I have a 45gallon glass tank
a fluval 304 canister filter
an ocean pro ($100) protein skimmer that hangs off the back of the tank
Salinity= 30
specific gravity=1.022
and my ph levels are :
0ppm Nitrite
10ppm Nitrate (i think this is high because i have not done a water change yet/ or because of the recently added poop machines (Tang)
0.25ppm= Ammonia
8.0= PH
i do a 35% water change every month, (with RO water as well) and am planning on doing one this weekend (may be why i have high nitrate/ ammonia levels)
i am totally stumped!
what do you think is wrong? should i take him out? thanks for all your help!
i can post pic's if necessary!
