my anemone died, how long till recovery?

[tselios]

Sadly to say, my LTA died or is dying. It's really shriveled up and white. It's been hiding under some rocks for about a week now but the water levels have been fine so i've just left it alone. Yesterday I checked the water and it was a little bad. Ammonia was 0, but Nitrites were .1 and Nitrates were 2.5ppm. The anemone had decided to die in the very back of my tank where i can't reach it without moving almost everything. So, i was wondering how long it will take to decompose and if there's anything that'll eat the dead anemone. I don't really want to move all my rocks because there are corals and my other anemone attached to the rocks where the dead anemone is. So should I just change the water daily in hopes to keep everything down to a reasonable level till it finally completely decomposes? Some advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-Albert

 

[booduh]

Decaying anenomes will cause massive pollution in your tank. Basically they break up into tiny bits and pieces and all the dead fluid inside the anenome leaks out. My advice would be yes, water changes, but also try to siphon it up with a turkey baster, for your tank only, or when you do your water changes with a gravel cleaner.
Moving some rocks around momentarily will cause less harm than massive pollution to your tank. Keep water quality up with water changes. It is basically a bag of skin and siphoning should pick it up. Do not put a powerhead or have a lot of water flow around the dead anenome, this will cause it to break up in the tank.

 

[bigarn]

How big is the tank? Your levels aren't off the charts yet ... if it's truely dead or dieing I'd make every effort to remove it now, before toxins really get released. I'd do a few large water changes a few days apart and run carbon as soon as possible.