PLEASE HELP.. My anemone Is Dieing

[blpring]

:help: I have had my anemone for about 3 months and as you can see from the pictures on the 15th it was big and looking as good as ever.. but now today on the 24th it looks like its dieing.. the other anemone in my tank is doing fine.. what can the problem be.. all my levels are rite in line like they were when the good picture was taken.. does anyone know what the problem could be.. and or how i can nurse my anemone back to good health.. the tomato clown that is hosting it is going crazy with out it.. he is trying to take over the other anemone in the tank from another clown fish.. any ideas or helfull hints would be great.. :needhelp:

 

[annanymous]

im soryy but he looks dead to me already IMO

 

[jacob_poly]

whats your lighting like? Was your anemone feeding well till now? Also post all your water parameters including specific gravity, pH and alkalinity. Its looking a little bad to me right now. Keep an eye on it an if starts to look like its becoming mushy, I would remove it. Its still alive, lets see if we can figure out any clues from any answers to the above questions.

 

[blpring]

the tank is a 125 gal. there are 195 watts of acintic blue and 275 watts of 10k sunlight
I just tested the levels and they are now
ammonia 0.25
ph 8.0
nitrites 0.25
nitrates 30
calcium 440
iron 0.0
specific gravity 1.023
I dont have a test for alkalinity, should i check that too ?
is it possible my tank is going threw a cycle and causing this ?
if it is what should I do ?

 

[annanymous]

take out the anemone [dont take it out of the water, just close to the waterline] and smell it, if smells like something rotten >> its dead and this is he cause of the new cycle. if doesnt smell rotten put him back and try to see if anything else in the tank might have died or maybe a fod left over rotting somewhere. ammonnia spike usually doesn't start out of the blue. something has to trigger it.
the reason i said ur anemone looks dead to me is because its guts are all out, which is one of the first signs of death, but i hope im wrong.

 

[annanymous]

btw ur lighting is not enough for anemone. if it is still alive take it back to the store u got it from and ask for credit. even if it is still alive it wont surive with such light. 125 gal tank must be at 24" high, which means u need at least 2 or maybe even 3 - 400 watt MH or something equivalent to this [each MH bulb lights up 2 feet of you tank length], VHO 72" bulbs, ithink 145 watts each [few of them]
im sorry about ur anemone,

but you should really do more research before purchasing an animal and having it go through hard times.

 

[blpring]

Originally Posted by annanymous
btw ur lighting is not enough for anemone. if it is still alive take it back to the store u got it from and ask for credit. even if it is still alive it wont surive with such light. 125 gal tank must be at 24" high, which means u need at least 2 or maybe even 3 - 400 watt MH or something equivalent to this [each MH bulb lights up 2 feet of you tank length], VHO 72" bulbs, ithink 145 watts each [few of them]
im sorry about ur anemone,

but you should really do more research before purchasing an animal and having it go through hard times.
I dont think lighting is my problem.. I have other lighting on the tank but not what you would find at your local store. in total there is over 800 wats of high powered lighting on the tank... we have had this anemone for 3 month and then all of a sudden it looks like this.. our other anemone we have had for 6 months or more it is about 10in in dia. when its flares out and it was only about 4in when we bought it... we have done plenty of research before buying them..

 

[annanymous]

Originally Posted by blpring
the tank is a 125 gal. there are 195 watts of acintic blue and 275 watts of 10k sunlight
:thinking:
i was repondig based on the info you provided. if you have more lighting you should post it right away. as people would tell you this is the main reason your anemone is like this. if you have 800 then its already better.
btw what other anemone is in your tank? is it possible that its been stinging this one [anemone warfare and stuff]?

 

[annanymous]

btw what kinda lightig is that, that i wont find in my LFS?

 

[jacob_poly]

the ammonia and nitrite levels if correct are too high....anyway to reconfirm that? I would recommend a water change pretty soon....also not sure if the anemone itself is causing the ammonia and nitrite levels. Also run fresh carbon if possible. I think alkalinity, etc. is secondary right now. You might want to correct the NH3 and nitrite levels first. They should be zero. Your lights are fine.

 

[kaotik]

im confused:
there are 195 watts of acintic blue and 275 watts of 10k sunlight
This does not add up to 800W? Where is the other 330W coming from?
Does look like your amm/nitri/nitra are too high, could be because of anem.

 

[blpring]

the other lighting in the tank are daylighter flood lights that i purchase from an electrical supply house that have the lighting spectrum i needed acording to the research we did before buying our first anemone. there are 6 of them at 65 watts each on top of the other lighting i mentioned in the prev. post.. sorry for the mix up.. Im not trying to sound mean or anything.. we are just upset about our possible upcoming loss..

 

[murph145]

i agree your anemone is not looking too good.... he looked kinda bleached in the fisrt place.... anytime an anemonea is white/clear it means its algae has died off....
many time people buy them from the LFS like that and they will live a couple months until they starve to death since the algae that host inside of them provide much of there nurishment.....
i have another ? about the lighting .... are u sure the other lights are good for a fish tank.... im not saying its not but are u sure its proper for a fish tank.... if it is can u tell me what the specs are on the light bulb....
i have had 6 anemones and one died .... it was a sebae.... he lived for a good 3-4 months then slowly turned brown/white and shrumk while expeling his insides out.... u want to make sure to take him out and get rid of him if his insides are hanging out as this is a sign to near death....
good luck

 

[annanymous]

i didnt mean to be pushy like that too. i was trying to figure out the reason its like taht, light seemed like a good cause so i went for that. don't mean to be rude. hope he will regain his former self back. :happyfish

 

[kaotik]

anemone need a majority of their lighting to be actinic, which I dont know of any other light source to be, besides the ones designed for fish tanks. I dont think those floodlights are going to put out that spectrum of light. Your 195W of actinic lighting is not nearly enough for an anem.