Please help Quick!!!

[normtp1]

It looks like my anenome is dying. I'm not sure what is going on. I have noticed that it goes through stages that I think that it might be dying but its not. Now, however, t totally lost its suction and the body was hard. I moved it closer to the light and it looked like it suctioned back on the rock and the body was softer. It still hasn't "blown" itself up at all today and doesn't look good. This past week I lost two snails and removed them quickly so to not hurt my water. I have 5lbs of LR, LS as a substrate, a wet/dry filter with a bio wheel, 29 gal tank, four snails, two hermits, and five green chromis. The snails are a bit slugish (sorry for the pun)but the fish seem to be doing well and have been in for close to a week. My lighting is 50/50 floresent, my temp is about 80 and I'm trying to get it down by running the air. I'm not sure what my levels are because i haven't gotten a test kit yet, but the last time I checked it at the lfs (two weeks ago) all levels looked fine. Please help!!!

 

[twoods71]

For most anenomes one 50/50 watt flouresent buld is not enough.
80 degree temperature is fine, that should not be a problem.
Here is the really bad news. From my own personal experience if the anenome is feeling hard then it is probably dieing.

 

[krustytheclownfish]

I'd guess the problem is your lighting. Anenomes need intensive lighting. If you have the same stock lighting that I do with my 29g then your watts per gallon is less then 1(with one 20 watt bulb), not nearly enough. I'd suggest upgrading the lights if you want to keep anenomes in the tank. Once again this is only a guess as I don't have anenomes, but from what I've read this is probably why you are having difficulty.

 

[gobiodon]

The Anemone needs plenty of light and crevices. Larger specimens tend to be from deeper water and may tolerate a moderate lighting set-up. It's generally a hardy reef animal, but their new home will always, YES, will always require strong lighting combined with strong, but intermittent, water movement.

 

[lcc]

You also stated that the snails are not doing well. What is the salt gravity measurement for your water? I read on this BB that snails do not react well to a low salt gravity #. I have my water at 1.23 and my snails are doing well. Before I read the post about the salt measurement being important in ref. to snails I lost a couple. When I checked the salt level my level was between 1.19 and 1.20. since I upped my salt content no problems.

 

[shel]

Check your salinity. I had the same problem as LLC and it was the salinity being at 1.20. I keep it at 1.23 and everything is doing great. You also need to change your lighting. I have MH for my 125 with no problems of anything dying. Good luck to you.
Shel